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American exceptionalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Exceptionalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Exceptionalism is the perception that a country, society, institution, movement, or time period is "exceptional" (i.e., unusual or extraordinary) in some way and thus does not conform to normal rules...
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The notion of "American exceptionalism" became widely applied in the context of efforts to account for the weakness of working-class radicalism in the United States.
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(2) the concept "American Exceptionalism" was coined by the Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, in Democracy in America ... The notion of American exceptionalism is an old one with many meanings. ... For one reason or another, so the notion goes, the United States has failed to produce eversharper antagonisms between capital...
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the concept "American Exceptionalism" was coined by the Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, in Democracy in America ... Adapted from Sean Wilentz, "AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM" Encyclopedia of the American Left (Garland, 1990), pp. 20-22; Rachel Clutterbuck , Seymour Lipset...
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American exceptionalism, a term coined by Alexis De Tocqueville in 1831, has been historically referred to as the perception that the United States differs qualitatively from other developed nations, because of its unique origins, national credo, historical evolution, and distinctive political and religious ... With this opinion,
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Exceptionalism is an assertion that the subject under discussion is claiming special exemption to commonly-held relationships or principles. ... A frequent use of the term occurs in discussions of " American Exceptionalism ", which variously implies that the United States Of America embodies or claims to be an example of...
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The focus here is on the belief in American exceptionalism and its influence on U.S. foreign policy rather than directly addressing the question of whether U.S. foreign policy itself can be measured as exceptional.
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Definition of exceptionalism from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... : the condition of being different from the norm; also : a theory expounding the exceptionalism especially of a nation or region...
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American exceptionalism has come to have two meanings. For many politicians, it is a term of praise: the United States, compared to other countries, is unusually good. For social scientists and political philosophers, American exceptionalism presents an intellectual problem: why does the United States differ in...
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