American exceptionalizm?

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Feb 22, 2012, at 7:20 AM, Jon Lighter wrote:

> Essentially the phrase simply means "the uniqueness of America."

well, yes, but ...

some good discussion in the latest issue of Daedalus, "On the American Narrative", especially:

New York University history Professor David Levering Lewis, in “Exceptionalism’s Exceptions: The Changing American Narrative,” traces the history of American exceptionalism “from high-flown political science theory…to ideological boilerplate”

and in “The American Mythos,” by Jay Parini, Middlebury College

arnold

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