{"product_id":"traumatized-the-new-politics-of-public-suffering","title":"Traumatized \/\/ The New Politics of Public Suffering","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow trauma became a weapon in the culture wars, by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eVirtue Hoarders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat happens when an idea born of genuine suffering is weaponized as a tool of social control? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTraumatized \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the story of how shell shock became PTSD, how Oprah turned pain into profit, and how “authenticity” became the ultimate brand. It is a history of surveillance cap­italism’s greatest coup: convincing us that wounds define us and that accom­modating each other’s trauma is more important than challenging the powerful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCatherine Liu delivers an unflinching diagnosis of our current crisis, rooted as it is in the collapse of liberal politics, the ascendance of performance fragil­ity, and the rise of emotional display as a surrogate for political action. Sharp, provocative, and urgently necessary, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTraumatized \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eargues that we must re­ject a politics of permanent victimhood since it destroys solidarity and leaves us defenseless against the systems that cause real harm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCatherine Liu\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Film and Media Studies at UC Irvine. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eVirtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAmerican Idyll: Academic Antielitism as Cultural Critique\u003c\/i\u003e. She has published widely on critical theory, populism, film and art criticism, psycho­analysis, and left historiography. You can find more of her writing at CLiuAnon.substack.com. Liu is the founder and director of the Palm Springs School for Social Research, an educational and research-focused think tank and plat-form for intellectual and creative engagement with history, culture, and politics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Verso\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: September 29, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 192\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9781804296745\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions:  8.6 X 5.8 X 0.7 inches | 0.6 pounds\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC: Psychology \/ Trauma Psychology\u003cbr\u003eSocial Science \/ Anthropology \/ Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Science \/ Comparative Politics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Catherine Liu","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":68541970284779,"sku":"9781804296745","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9781804296745.avif?v=1794701758","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/traumatized-the-new-politics-of-public-suffering","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}