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Discovering Intimate and More Effective Ways of Living Together

Mon, Sep 22

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Monthly Reading Group September 2025

Time & Location

Sep 22, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM EDT

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About the event

In September we will be discussing:


Abrams, M. (2011), Consciousness as Embodied Movement: Discovering Intimate and More Effective Ways of Living Together, Goddard College IMA Thesis"


Readings include not only the work of Tomkins (specifically, we are reading through the volumes of his

magnus opus Affect, Imagery, Consciousness) but of other researchers related to Affect Script theory. These

are relatively casual Zoom interactions, but participants are expected to have, at minimum, a mid-level

knowledge of Tomkins’ basic ideas, particularly affect theory and the innate activator model. Sessions are


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