Timeline for meaning of the word "agency" in context
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| Jun 6, 2018 at 16:30 | vote | accept | Dmytro O'Hope | ||
| Jun 6, 2018 at 15:59 | comment | added | TimR | It is saying neither of those things. The statement is not about Hawaiians. The statement is about interpretations of that event that involved Hawaiians. To cast (i.e. to portray) Cook's death as the result of a native ritual would be to treat those Hawaiians as having no free will in that instance, as mere puppets of the cultural ritual. | |
| Jun 6, 2018 at 15:41 | comment | added | Dmytro O'Hope | I am sorry, but I am confused. Does it mean that by taking away their agency as human beings they cannot decide for themselves or that they cannot act like human beings? | |
| Jun 6, 2018 at 13:03 | history | edited | TimR | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 6, 2018 at 12:57 | history | answered | TimR | CC BY-SA 4.0 |