Taking down the cultural elite | Catherine Liu

<p>What is managerialism? Why is the meritocracy sliding into technocracy? Does suffering make us seem more pure?</p><p>We tend to think that today’s progressive politics advances equality through moral awareness and identity. But Catherine Liu argues that it has been captured by the professional managerial class, which replaces material redistribution with virtue signalling and cultural status. In this interview, Liu examines how universities, identity politics and trauma culture can obscure class struggle and what a renewed working-class politics might look like.</p><p>Catherine Liu is an American cultural theorist, critic, and professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Irvine. A sharp public intellectual, Liu is best known for her incisive critiques of elite liberalism, academic hypocrisy, and the commodification of virtue. She brings together Marxist cultural analysis with polemic flair, offering a compelling—and at times confrontational—challenge to the moral self-image of the contemporary professional class.</p><p>Don't hesitate to email us at <strong>podcast@iai.tv</strong> with your thoughts or questions on the episode!</p><p>To witness such talks live buy tickets for our upcoming festival: <a href="https://howthelightgetsin.org/festivals?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=shownotes&amp;utm_campaign=the-brain-filters-consciousness" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/</a></p><p>And visit our website for many more articles, videos, and podcasts like this one: <a href="https://iai.tv/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=shownotes&amp;utm_campaign=the-brain-filters-consciousness" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://iai.tv/</a></p><p>You can find everything we referenced here: <a href="https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes</a></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>