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Tagged: american exceptionalism
Exceptionalism, Imperialism, and the Necessity of “Closed Systems”
by E.C. Gach In early November, J.L. Wall addressed the recent Republican talking point over American exceptionalism by unpacking the following quote from President Obama: “I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect...
Springsteen’s America vs. Reagan’s America (or, Still More on Exceptionalism)
I quoted Jeff MacGregor the other day on Bruce Springsteen and Ronald Reagan: Maybe the most interesting thing you can say about American art and culture over the past 30 years is that at...
Status redistribution and American exceptionalism
“It occurs to me that there’s an obvious link here with the idea that the contemporary populist right is heavily driven by ressentiment—and that a lot of our current politics has less to do...
An Exceptionally Moral United States
I have a confession to make. Despite all my criticisms of waterboarding, American foreign policy interventionism, and a whole host of other aspects of the modern federal government, not to mention my refusal to...
