 However, "Arena"'s critique also suggests that many of these authors stop short of a full critique of the ungrounding of contemporary social life by current global/ technological/ media processes.The quarterly journal "Arena" was founded in Melbourne, Australia in 1963, at a time of crisis for the Old Left and the emergence of the New Left.Some members of the editorial board, who at that time still hoped for a theoretical and ethical renewal within far Left in Australia, were members of the Party.