Preliminary Materials for a Theory of the Young-Girl, Tiqqun
August 23, 7pm (London), online
Continuing our focus on books that blur genre lines, August’s session of the Reading Clinic turns to Preliminary Materials for a Theory of the Young-Girl, by Tiqqun (translated by Ariana Reines).1
Published anonymously in France in the early 2000s by a shadowy collective, the book has polarised readers ever since: accused by some of being misogynist, praised by others for its biting critique of neoliberal subjectivity… neither a manifesto, an essay, a pamphlet, nor a prose poem. So what is it? Read it, turn up, and let’s figure it out together.