History and Progress: In Search of European and American IdentityConcisely written and compelling, this book offers a provocative look at European-American relations. It focuses on the tradition of common political ideas, the original roots of common European and American thought, the decision by the two continents not to develop in isolation from one another, and the traditional ambivalence of the European caught indecisively between reliance upon and distance from the United States. From classical antiquity to contemporary society, Mathiopoulos unfolds the paradoxical relationship between the U.S. and Europe--the simultaneous occurrence of reciprocal attraction and mutual misunderstanding. She describes how America was born of European intellectual stock; enlightenment, reason, (religious) freedom, equality, democracy, the rights of man and the desire to achieve these things in the New World. She also tells us that the idealism of progress of the European enlightenment gave rise to the American Dream which constitutes the consciousness of the American people and is woven into their domestic and foreign policy to this day. This stimulating book will interest anyone involved in the field of comparative political thought as well as those interested in the evolutionary and revolutionary process of the idea of progress in Europe and the United States. |
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... Clinton Rossiter , The American Mission , The American Scholar , 20 ( 1950-51 ) : 19–28 . 45. See S. Bercovitch , The Puritan Origins of the American Self , 89 f . 46. A. Schlesinger , America : Experiment or Destiny ?, 515 . 47. Quote ...
... Clinton Rossiter observed : We have always been a nation obsessed with liberty . Liberty over authority , freedom over responsibility , rights over duties these are our historic preferences . From the days of Williams and Wise to those ...
... Clinton Rossiter , The American Presidency ( New York , 1960 ) , 16–39 . 178. Thomas E. Cronin , Thinking and Learning about Leadership , Presidential Studies Quarterly 14 , no . 1 ( Winter 1984 ) : 28. On the topic of " leadership ...
Contents
The Idea of Progress in the American | 1 |
From Classical Antiquity to Modern Times | 7 |
The Crisis of Europe in the Twentieth Century | 19 |
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History and Progress: In Search of European and American Identity Margarita Mathiopoulos No preview available - 1989 |