Doomscroll 02: Catherine Liu
October 23, 2024
1 hr 36 min
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October 23, 2024
Doomscroll 02: Catherine Liu
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<p>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.</p>
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