Steve Redhead is Professor of Cultural Studies at Flinders University, Australia. He is also Adjunct Professor of Cultural Studies, York University, Canada. He has published seventeen books including Football and Accelerated Culture: This Modern Sporting Life, We Have Never Been Postmodern: Theory at the Speed of Light, The Jean Baudrillard Reader, The Paul Virilio Reader and Paul Virilio: Theorist For An Accelerated Culture.

Author Steve Redhead (cultural studies, Flinders University, Australia) writes the “Theoretical Times” blog. This book is based on the blog and on the author’s podcasts and video vodcasts. Redhead explores the ideas of theorists including Paul Virilio, Jean Baudrillard, and Alain Badiou in light of the rise of the far-right and neoliberalism around the world. One chapter is devoted to the rise of Donald Trump. Combining ideas and frameworks from high theory, realism, popular culture, and global politics, Redhead seeks to counter the anti-intellectual and populist strains of today in new media and social media. He argues that we need a new politics of theory.

• Introduction: Theory The Day After Tomorrow Chapter 1. Time For Theory Chapter 2. Lust For Theory Chapter 3. Undead Theory Chapter 4. The Dialectical Game Chapter 5. The Resistible Rise of Donald Trump Chapter 6. Theory Will Tear Us Apart Conclusion: Theory Complete, Complete Theory

Steve Redhead is Professor of Cultural Studies at Flinders University, Australia. He is also Adjunct Professor of Cultural Studies, York University, Canada. He has published seventeen books including Football and Accelerated Culture: This Modern Sporting Life, We Have Never Been Postmodern: Theory at the Speed of Light, The Jean Baudrillard Reader, The Paul Virilio Reader and Paul Virilio: Theorist For An Accelerated Culture.

Author Steve Redhead (cultural studies, Flinders University, Australia) writes the “Theoretical Times” blog. This book is based on the blog and on the author’s podcasts and video vodcasts. Redhead explores the ideas of theorists including Paul Virilio, Jean Baudrillard, and Alain Badiou in light of the rise of the far-right and neoliberalism around the world. One chapter is devoted to the rise of Donald Trump. Combining ideas and frameworks from high theory, realism, popular culture, and global politics, Redhead seeks to counter the anti-intellectual and populist strains of today in new media and social media. He argues that we need a new politics of theory.

• Introduction: Theory The Day After Tomorrow Chapter 1. Time For Theory Chapter 2. Lust For Theory Chapter 3. Undead Theory Chapter 4. The Dialectical Game Chapter 5. The Resistible Rise of Donald Trump Chapter 6. Theory Will Tear Us Apart Conclusion: Theory Complete, Complete Theory