Malcolm Bradbury was an English author and academic who wrote "The History Man". The novel is a satire of academia and was adapted into a popular television series. Bradbury was a prominent figure in the British literary scene and served as a professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia.
History is the narrative of blockages.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man
Ideology is a story we tell ourselves.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man
The academic world is the real world.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man
We are all plural now.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man
Commitment is an act, not a word.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man
Freedom is a very complicated thing.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man
Rationality is not a device but an excuse.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man
Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man
The family is the first basic security network.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man
Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man