American Exceptionalism Revisited

"American exceptionalism" is in the news once again. After a decade of talk of global convergence and of the irresistible, international diffusion of a neoliberal "Washington consensus," the language of American incommensurability is back in vogue. Exceptionalist narratives in th...

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Published inRaritan Vol. 24; no. 2; p. 21
Main Author Rodgers, Daniel T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Brunswick Rutgers University 01.10.2004
Subjects
American history
Liberalism
Nationalism
Social conditions & trends
United States > US
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Summary:"American exceptionalism" is in the news once again. After a decade of talk of global convergence and of the irresistible, international diffusion of a neoliberal "Washington consensus," the language of American incommensurability is back in vogue. Exceptionalist narratives in this regard are virtually an exact mirror of convergence theories and contemporary evidence to opposite effect. But the categories of "exceptionalism" are much more ambiguous than they may first appear, as Rodgers expounds.
ISSN:0275-1607