David McKnight

Dr David McKnight "is an Associate Professor in the Humanities Faculty at the University of Technology, Sydney. He is the author of Beyond Right and Left: New Politics and the Culture War, a book which analyses the rise of the Right, the collapse of the Left and the culture war around feminism, multiculturalism and the politics of values.

"He is a historian of the Cold War, having written an authoritative history of ASIO, Australia’s Spies and Their Secrets (1994) which won the Non Fiction prize at the NSW Literary Awards. He also researches media and political influence and worked as journalist on the Sydney Morning Herald, ABC TV’s Four Corners and on the weekly Tribune. His political and social commentary appears in major newspapers. A collection of David’s writings can be found at www.beyondrightandleft.com.au. "