Reading Group: ExploitsOn June 7th, Quiver considered the topic of “Exploits.”How should we respond to what we oppose? Quiver considered the technical dimension of what is intolerable about the world, and how to locate vulnerabilities with
Group: ConspiracyOn May 24th, Quiver continued with a discussion of “conspiracy.”In our disenchanted present, politicians boast about having the courage to speak truth while their opponents merely spread conspiracy.Quiver holds none of t
On May 3rd, Quiver discussed “Institutional Analysis.”Our conversation centered on the work of Frantz Fanon.We provided two readings. The first contextualizes the work of Fanon within social psychiatry, the institutional psychotherapy movemen
On April 19th, Quiver will discuss “Crowned Anarchy.”This session considers what anarchism can contribute to political thought. We open with a passage from Todd May’s book on “The Political Philosophy of Post-Structuralist Anarchism.” In just
On April 5th, Quiver will discuss “Becoming-Woman.”Rather than discuss the notorious section of A Thousand Plateaus on becoming-woman, we instead consider the woman as an escapee.Our conversation will begin with a portion of Hélène Cixous’s e
On March 22nd, Quiver hosts a conversation about “exhaustion.”Understanding that the unfolding crisis is a disaster long in the making, we invite participants to discussion exhaustion, stress, and burnout.Our two readings begin with a s
Quiver 3 was lost to the cloud. On March 1st, Quiver continued with a reading group on “Anti-Work.”We read two anti-work texts that spoke to our previous readings. If you are not familiar with the political tradition, we suggest you do a l
On February 15th, Quiver convened its second reading group over Zoom. During that session, we explored the concept of “subjects.”We started with the infamous short excerpt on voluntary servitude and Reichian group fantasy from Anti-Oedipus. Th
On February 1st, Quiver convened its first reading group over Zoom.During that session, we explored the concept of “weapons.”We began by revisiting the dialogue between Deleuze and Foucault "Intellectuals and Power,” in which Deleuze suggests