Catherine Liu: Trauma, Virtue and Liberal Elites | Doomscroll

My guest is Catherine Liu, professor of film and media studies at UC Irvine. She is the author of 'Virtue Hoarders: the Case Against the Professional Managerial Class'. We discuss the origin of trauma studies, self branding on social media and the ideology of the professional class. Liu has an unwavering commitment to historical materialism and a fierce critique of elitist academies. She explores the intense moralism of our times as it relates to the Freudian super-ego. www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella 0:00 Intro 0:44 Trauma studies 9:30 Self branding & self help 14:45 Professional managerial class 23:15 Virtue hoarders 35:05 Rebellion & super-ego 42:26 Liberal elites 48:15 The new right 59:40 Economic decline 1:09:55 Progressive neoliberalism 1:15:15 Big donor leftism 1:23:41 Techno-feudalism

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