American Narcissism: The Myth of National SuperiorityAlgora Publishing, 2006 - 181 páginas Nationalism is not unique to America: it was invented with the birth of modern nations. But nationalism is unique in America. Americans conceive themselves and their nation to be incontrovertibly superior to the other peoples and nations of the earth. When does national pride cross the invisible boundary that separates benign patriotism and malignant nationalism?. Historically, American notions of superiority spring from myths of the unique regenerative power of the new land; from visions of chosen-ness, mission and high destiny; from the indelible legends of frontier self-sufficiency; from the confidence and self-reliance needed to succeed as immigrants; from a powerful sense of AmericaeOCOs isolation and uniqueness; from the realization of abundance; and finally from the perceived universality of American ideology. This predisposes us to a distinctively virulent strain of nationalism unlike that found in almost any other modern nation. As the unipolar moment fades into memory, this sense of unquestionable superiority eOCo expressed through politics and foreign policy eOCo does not play well before the global audience. In fact, it never did. Drawing on sources from within the academic disciplines of history, sociology, political science and foreign affairs, the book seeks to decode scholarly jargon and lay bare this corner of the American mind for the benefit of a wider readership." |
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... , 299-300. 26. Fuentes, Prologue to Ariel by Rodó, trans. Paden, 18. 27. Bloom, Closing oftheAmericanMind, 41. Still, Americans are sure that they, like Woodrow Wilson, have. 7 Introduction: Making the World Over in America's Image.
... , 299-300. 26. Fuentes, Prologue to Ariel by Rodó, trans. Paden, 18. 27. Bloom, Closing oftheAmericanMind, 41. Still, Americans are sure that they, like Woodrow Wilson, have. 7 Introduction: Making the World Over in America's Image.
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... Woodrow Wilson, have seen “visions that other nations have not seen,” and that, accordingly, the United States' mission has always been to become the “light of the world.”28 Indeed, from the very beginning, the American national ...
... Woodrow Wilson, have seen “visions that other nations have not seen,” and that, accordingly, the United States' mission has always been to become the “light of the world.”28 Indeed, from the very beginning, the American national ...
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Chosenness Mission and Destiny | 39 |
Manifest Destiny and American Imperialism | 95 |
The Leader of the Free World | 107 |
The Arrogance of Power | 123 |
The Presumption of National Superiority | 135 |
The Myth of American Superiority | 137 |
Blind Faith | 151 |
Tolerance and Plurality | 155 |
In Search of American Humility | 157 |
Ideological Superiority | 49 |
The Arrogance of Abundance | 61 |
The Arrogance of Isolationism | 75 |
Manifest Destiny and Continental Expansion | 83 |
Bibliography | 167 |
Index | 177 |
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Términos y frases comunes
66th Congress Albert Beveridge American Exceptionalism American ideology American mind American Nation American superiority Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon superiority Ariel by Rodó Arieli arrogance Banal Nationalism beginning belief Billig Bliss andJohnson century chosen-ness civilization Commager culture democracy Despite doctrine economic ethnic Europe European expansionist fears Foreign Policy freedom frontier Fuentes God’s Greenfeld Gutfeld Hayes human ican idea ideals immigrant Imperialist and Anti-imperialist Individualism and Nationalism integral nationalism Intellectual Construction ofAmerica isolationism Isolationist Isolationist Impulse John O’Sullivan José Enrique Rodó Krakau laissez-faire land Liah Greenfeld liberty Lipset Manifest Destiny mankind Mexico Michael Billig mission modern nations Monroe Doctrine moral Morison national group national identity national superiority nationalist natural O’Sullivan Paden patriotism perceived political Prestowitz Prologue to Ariel Puritan puts quoted in Greene quoted in Stephanson quoted in Weinberg race Revolution Schlesinger SchlesingerJr social superiority myth Thomas Paine threat traditions trans truth unique United universal violence visions Woodrow Wilson xenophobia
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Página 110 - Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.
Página 106 - God has not been preparing the English-speaking and Teutonic peoples for a thousand years for nothing but vain and idle self-contemplation and self-admiration. No! He has made us the master organizers of the world to establish system where chaos reigns.
Página 77 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Página 37 - That coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and inquisitiveness; that practical, inventive turn of mind, quick to find expedients; that masterful grasp of material things, lacking in the artistic but powerful to effect great ends...
Página 54 - Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a colony of aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our language or customs any more than they can acquire our complexion?
Página 117 - We have learned that we cannot live alone, at peace; that our own wellbeing is dependent on the well-being of other nations far away.
Página 108 - American factories are making more than the American people can use. American soil is producing more than they can consume. Fate has written our policy for us; the trade of the world must and shall be ours.
Página 78 - Kindly separated by nature and a wide ocean from the exterminating havoc of one quarter of the globe...
Página 48 - If I say to an American that the country he lives in is a fine one, "Ay," he replies, "there is not its equal in the world." If I applaud the freedom that its inhabitants enjoy, he answers: "Freedom is a fine thing, but few nations are worthy to enjoy it.
Página 8 - We will cover the ocean with our merchant marine. We will build a navy to the measure of our greatness. Great colonies governing themselves, flying our flag and trading with us, will grow about our posts of trade. Our institutions will follow our flag on the wings of our commerce.