How did the political left stop fighting exploitation and start competing over who was most wounded by it? Join provocative cultural critic, professor and author of Virtue Hoarders and Traumatized, Catherine Liu, as she argues that our obsession with trauma has become capitalism’s greatest secret weapon. Exploring everything from the origins of PTSD to the era of Oprah, Liu criticises what the left has become from inside of it. The pathological belief that our wounds define us and that accommodating each other's suffering matters more than challenging power, she argues, has paralysed any real political action.
“One of the most courageous, brilliant, and radical thinkers in America today.” – Jennifer Silva
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