Obviously, this notion of individualism as a negative label never took root in America — indeed, individualism in America is hardly ever thought of as even having negative aspects to it. For Americans, individualism is part of what it means to be an American.
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On July 4th we celebrate the creation of the United States. But today Americans seem more divided than ever. In the Declaration of Independence we can rediscover the source of unity and freedom—the creed of individualism that defines this country. ... This is the best statement possible of the America's creed of individualism.
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Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology, or social outlook that stresses independence and self-reliance. Individualists promote the exercise of one's goals and desires, whil...
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MIDDLE AMERICAN INDIVIDUALISM ; The Future of Liberal ... "I have shown," he wrote in his monumental Democracy in America, "how it is that, in ages of equality, every man seeks for his opinion within himself: I now turn to show how it is that, in the same ages, all his feelings are turned towards himself alone.
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Eric Foner, "Radical Individualism in America: Revolution to Civil War" ... This transition from communal harmony to competitive individualism was hastened by the influence in America of the third generation of opposition thinkers in eighteenth-century England.
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Individualism can go to pathological extremes (National Rifle Association members attending town council meetings with guns on their hips) and so can institutional co-option (young Americans following orders to invade and shoot up a country they know virtually nothing about, for reasons their leaders no longer seem...
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Any first-time reader of John Locke's Second Treatise of Government is bound to be struck by the dominant place it gives economic individualism. In America, though, individualism developed more from religious experience, as Tocqueville saw with characteristic brilliance.
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Americans are commonly considered individualistic but what does this mean? And if American individualism is a problem what exactly is wrong with it? ... "Individualism in America: Are We Missing the Problem?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and...
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An essay or paper on America and Individualism. The United States of America is the land of the free, the land of opportunity, the wealthiest country in the world, a country that half the modern world is modeled after. ... More Essays on America and Individualism...
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