My guest is Catherine Liu @CLiuAnon, 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.
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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