ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I will address a set of crucial questions: first, are there such things as ‘social subjectivities’? If there are, what is their ontological status? And if they are real, can one say they actually do reflect as (social) subjects? Again, if they do reflect, can they also deliberate about their position in society and steer themselves within it, while simultaneously attempting to change it? These questions are prompted by a theoretical as well as a practical interest. What is at stake is the import of social subjectivities for steering social change and for shaping personal and social identities.
