American Exceptionalism: The Origins, History, and Future of the Nation's Greatest Strength

ISBN-13: 9781442222779 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 174 str.

Charles W. Dunn

Opis

American Exceptionalism is a greatly contested concept in the United States' modern political, economic and social cultures. This collection, edited by Dr. Charles W. Dunn of Regent University's Robertson School of Government, brings together analysis of the idea's origins, history and future. Contributors include: Charles W. Dunn James W. Ceasar Hugh Heclo Hadley Arkes Daniel L. Dreisbach T. David Gordon William Kristol George H. Nash Marvin J. Kolkertsma Michael Barone Steven Hayward While many now argue against the policies and ideology of American Exceptionalism as antiquated and expired, the authors collected here make the bold claim that a closer reading of our own history reveals that there is still work to be done, still an exceptional aspect of American thought, identity and government worth advancing and protecting. It will be the challenge of the coming American generations to both refine and examine what we mean when we call America "exceptional," and this book provides readers a first step towards a necessary understanding of the exceptional purpose, progress and promise of the United States of America.