"In the light of our culture, these are not unreasonable questions and tactics, but if once again, we try to see the lens through which we look, we can see that there is far too great an emphasis placed on the future."
Alan Dundes was an American folklorist and academic who taught at the University of California, Berkeley. He published extensively on folklore theory, myth, and comparative traditions. He was one of the most influential folklore scholars of the twentieth century.