{"product_id":"traumatized-the-new-politics-of-public-suffering-9781804296745","title":"Traumatized: The New Politics of Public Suffering by Liu, Catherine","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow trauma became a weapon in the culture wars, by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eVirtue Hoarders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat happens when an idea born of genuine suffering is weaponized as a tool of social control? \u003ci\u003eTraumatized \u003c\/i\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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, \u003ci\u003eTraumatized \u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Liu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781804296745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67646351671449,"sku":"9781804296745","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/9781804296745.jpg?v=1791580758","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/traumatized-the-new-politics-of-public-suffering-9781804296745","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}