The inaugural issue of American Political Thought: A Journal of Ideas, Institutions, and Culture features a set of articles titled "American Exceptionalism: Is It Real, Is It Good." The five articles deconstruct the meanings and applications of a term that, somewhat surprisingly, has escaped its academic origins and found its way into modern political parlance.
"Cities of Man on a Hill" --Patrick J. Deneen http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664825
"The Origins and Character of American Exceptionalism" --James W. Ceaser http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664595
"Old Paradigms in History Die Hard in Political Science: US Foreign Policy and American Exceptionalism" --Hilde Eliassen Restad http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664586
"American Exceptionalism and National Identity," Peter S. Onuf http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664594
"'Our Republican Example': The Significance of the American Experiments in Government in the Twenty-First Century" –Rogers M. Smith http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/664593
American Political Thought features research by political scientists, historians, literary scholars, economists, and philosophers who study the texts, authors, and ideas at the foundation of the American political tradition. Research explores key political concepts such as democracy, constitutionalism, equality, liberty, citizenship, political identity, and the role of the state. For more information, visit http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/journals/journal/apt.html or contact Kevin Stacey at kstacey@press.uchicago.edu or 401-284-3878.
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