{"product_id":"9781804296745","title":"Traumatized : The New Politics of Public Suffering","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Catherine Liu\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCultural studies\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 September 2026 by Verso Books in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e210 x 140 | 300g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when an idea born of genuine suffering is weaponized as a tool of social control? Traumatized is 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\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, Traumatized argues 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\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57472285245815,"sku":"9781804296745","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781804296745.jpg?v=1789749634","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.info\/products\/9781804296745","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}