Hassan Moutahir
Agency
Field
Theory
How Possibility, Power, and Perception Shape Human Action
An interdisciplinary framework for understanding human action as relational and field-based — shaped by the conditions of possibility, constraint, perception, and power that constitute the fields we inhabit.
Hassan Moutahir
Agency
Field
Theory
How Possibility, Power, and
Perception Shape Human Action
Agency Field Theory proposes that human action is not the product of individual will alone, but emerges from the relational fields that shape what is possible, perceivable, and pursuable.
Possibility
What can be imagined, attempted, and achieved is always conditioned by the field — its structures, histories, and distributions of power.
Power
Power operates through fields, shaping who can act, in what ways, and with what consequences — often invisibly, through the very conditions of perception.
Perception
How agents read their situation — what they see as possible, constrained, or available — is itself shaped by their position within the field.
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About the Author
Hassan Moutahir
Hassan Moutahir brings an unusually broad interdisciplinary formation to the study of human agency. His scholarly background spans political science, international relations, adult education, public administration, and business management — a range of disciplines that informs the integrative ambition of Agency Field Theory.
This convergence of fields — from the macro-level analysis of political structures to the micro-level dynamics of adult learning and organizational life — positions him to construct a framework that speaks across disciplinary boundaries.
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