*The new book from the Orwell Prize-Winning author of Poverty Safari<\/i> and The Social Distance Between Us<\/i>*<\/b><\/p>\n
Today, trauma permeates media, from music and television to films and books – my own included. While the increasing openness is welcome, I’ve observed that this rise has been accompanied by a parallel explosion of disinformation and sometimes harmful guidance about how to deal with personal trauma.<\/p>\n
In Trauma Industrial <\/i>Complex, I ask the question: How did we get here? And are the stories we’re telling ourselves liberating us or keeping us trapped? In this revealing and deeply personal book, I’ll pull back the curtain, sharing the hard-won wisdom I’ve gained from the events brought on by telling my own story.<\/p>\n
Praise for Darren McGarvey:<\/b><\/p>\n
‘An Orwell for today’s poor’ – The Times<\/i>
‘The standout, authentic voice of a generation’ – Herald<\/i>
‘McGarvey is a rarity: a working-class writer who has fought to make the middle-class world hear what he has to say’ – Nick Cohen, Guardian<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today, trauma is everywhere, and it seems like everybody has it. Trauma shapes public debates on education, criminal justice and healthcare. It’s cited as a root cause of addiction, mental health issues, and relationship breakdowns. It permeates media, from music and television to films and books – my own included. While the increasing openness is welcome, I’ve observed that this rise has been accompanied by a parallel explosion of disinformation. We now have a poorly regulated marketplace – powered by social media’s financial incentives – filled with confusing and sometimes harmful guidance about how to deal with personal trauma. Every day, trauma-related content drives billions of views online. Across the Western world, millions are adopting narratives of their own fragility based on ideas they’ve acquired from under-informed content creators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[249],"product_tag":[28158],"class_list":{"0":"post-109914","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-politics","6":"product_tag-media-studies-internet-digital-media-society","7":"pa_book_author-mcgarvey-darren","8":"pa_cover-hardback","9":"pa_dewey-302-edition23","10":"pa_imprint-ebury-press","11":"pa_language-english","12":"pa_pages-8634","13":"pa_publisher-ebury-press","14":"pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","16":"first","17":"onbackorder","18":"taxable","19":"shipping-taxable","20":"purchasable","21":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n