Exceptional America : Newness and National Identity
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Major Concepts in Politics and Political Theory
ISBN-10
0820439126
ISBN-13
9780820439129
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 1st, 1999
Print length
251 Pages
Weight
366 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.40 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Cultural studies
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The belief that America is not only different but «exceptional» is a central aspect of American identity that appears in the speeches and writings of John Winthrop to Martin Luther King Jr. to Ronald Reagan. Yet how and why America is exceptional has produced widely diverse answers. Philip Abbott alters this debate by arguing that Americans are the way they talk. He examines American exceptionalism as a preoccupation with «newness» in both politics and culture and traces its influence in a series of great American political texts, including the Declaration of Independence, The Federalist Papers, Democracy in America, Walden, The Souls of Black Folk, and various novels and speeches.
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