It's official: Traumatized has a full title, release date, cover, and pre-order link
The New Politics of Public Suffering: Out September 29th
In London this week for The Cambridge Union debate on the “right to offend.” Stay tuned for recordings!
Trigger Warning! The full title, cover, and release date for Traumatized are finally here:
Traumatized: The New Politics of Public Suffering will be available on September 29 via Verso. Preorders are live at your favorite bookseller. Just follow this link. From the publisher:
Trauma culture didn’t just describe pain – it reorganized politics around it. From PTSD discourse to Oprah and the influencer economy, suffering became identity, currency, and moral authority. The result: a politics of false consensus, enforced accommodation, and the quiet erosion of liberalism itself.
This release is serendipitous given Freddie deBoer’s recent announcement of his upcoming book, All in Your Head: Illness as Identity, Trauma as Fashion, and the Desire to be Disordered. Let’s call it unplanned synergy!
Also to mention, not to mention also: Trauma Industrial Complex: How Oversharing Became a Product in a Digital World, by Darren McGarvey (author of Poverty Safari).
Looking forward to it!