“Sociologists and historians have avoided looking for the family sources of wars and social violence. Whenever a group produces murderers, the early parental relationship must have been abusive and neglectful. Yet this elementary truth has not even begun to be considered in historical research; just stating that poor mothering lies behind wars seems blasphemous.” Has BeensWarSeemsLyingSocialPoorBehindsViolenceGroupsProduceSourceResearchHistoricalHistorianMurdererAvoidedParentalAbusiveMotheringSociologistsHistorical Research Author:Lloyd deMause
“When it is impossible to stretch the very elastic threads of historical ratiocination any farther, when actions are clearly contrary to all that humanity calls right or even just, the historians produce a saving conception of 'greatness.' 'Greatness,' it seems, excludes the standards of right and wrong. For the 'great' man nothing is wrong, there is no atrocity for which a 'great' man can be blamed.” MenSeemsActionHumanityImpossibleGreatnessProduceStandardsHistoricalContrarySavingGreat MenConceptionHistorianThreadAtrocities Book:War and Peace Source: War and Peace
“Contemporary art is based on that an artist is supposed to go into art history in the same way as an art historian. When the artist produces something he or she relates to it with the eye of an art historian/critic. I have the feeling that when I am working it is more like working with soap opera or glamour. It is emotional and not art criticism or history of art.” WayArtFeelingsEyeArtistProduceEmotionalArt IsCriticismCriticsContemporaryRelateWorking ItHistorianOperaSoapGlamourArt HistorySoap OperasContemporary Art Author:Odd Nerdrum
“Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. What makes a nation is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past, and historians are the people who produce it.” PeoplePastNationsTermHistoryProduceHistoricalContradictionJustifyHistorian Author:Eric Hobsbawm
“If you read Herodotus, the first Greek historian 2,500 years ago, he was talking about that - about people mixing with other people. Sometimes it produces great societies. Sometimes it triggers war. But, we're not going to change that. I don't think so. We're living in nations that are state nations and countries.” PeopleIfsThinkingYearsFirstsWarCountrySometimesStatesNationsTalkingProduceYears AgoGreekHistorianTriggersMixingGreat Society Author:Philippe Falardeau