American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword Revised Edition Contributor(s): Lipset, Seymour Martin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393316149 ISBN-13: 9780393316148 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 1997 Annotation: Is America unique? One of our major political analysts explores the deeply held but often unarticulated beliefs that shape the American creed. "(A) magisterial attempt to distill a lifetime of learning about America into a persuasive brief . . . (by) the dean of American political sociologists".--Carlin Romano, "Boston Globe". |
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BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
Dewey: 973 |
LCCN: 00000000 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.10 lbs) 354 pages |
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Publisher Description: American values are quite complex, writes Seymour Martin Lipset, particularly because of paradoxes within our culture that permit pernicious and beneficial social phenomena to arise simultaneously from the same basic beliefs. Born out of revolution, the United States has always considered itself an exceptional country of citizens unified by an allegiance to a common set of ideals, individualism, anti-statism, populism, and egalitarianism. This ideology, Professor Lipset observes, defines the limits of political debate in the United States and shapes our society. American Exceptionalism explains why socialism has never taken hold in the United States, why Americans are resistant to absolute quotas as a way to integrate blacks and other minorities, and why American religion and foreign policy have a moralistic, crusading streak. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lipset, Seymour Martin: - Seymour Martin Lipset is the Hazel Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University and a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. |
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