AustLit

Wark discusses the on-going presence of 'theory' in Western culture, with particular reference to Australia. He notes the dis-ease that some people feel towards theory, but states that 'The worry, the anxiety, that theory will destroy our faith in eternal verities that we take on trust from some authority in thoughtless bliss - that is what theory has struggled to overcome for hundreds of years, in order to make possible new ways of thinking, living, and making art'.