How trauma became a weapon in the culture wars

Trauma has become one of the defining languages of our age. Cultural theorist, Catherine Liu argues that our focus on individual suffering can obscure the deeper forces of class, inequality and power.So has trauma become a new form of political identity, and is it getting in the way of solidarity? Guest: Catherine Liu, Professor of Film & Media Studies at the University of California, Author of Traumatised: The New Politics of public suffering Producer: Ali Benton