The War Against the Past Quotes

“The past is imagined and managed as if it were morally inferior territory that must be colonized by enlightened crusaders intent on saving it from itself.”
― Frank Furedi, The War Against the Past: Why The West Must Fight For Its History

“The Culture War against the past undermines people’s traditional identities while also creating a demand for new ones. Since these newly invented identities lack an organic relationship with historical experience, they lack firm roots. Therefore, identities that are constructed or invented from a presentist perspective are inherently fragile and transient.”
― Frank Furedi, The War Against the Past: Why The West Must Fight For Its History