The American Civilizing ProcessJohn Wiley & Sons, 2013/04/24 - 400 ページ Since 9/11, the American government has presumed to speak and act in the name of ‘civilization’. But isthat how the rest of the world sees it? And if not, why not? Stephen Mennell leads up to such contemporary questions through a careful study of the whole span of American development, from the first settlers to the American Empire. He takes a novel approach, analysing the USA’s experience in the light of Norbert Elias’s theory of civilizing (and decivilizing) processes. Drawing comparisons between the USA and other countries of the world, the topics discussed include:
Mennell shows how the long-term experience of Americans has been of growing more and more powerful in relation to their neighbours. This has had all-pervasive effects on the way they see themselves, their perception of the rest of the world, and how the rest of the world sees them. Mennell’s compelling and provocative account will appeal to anyone concerned about America's role in the world today, including students and scholars of American politics and society. |
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... Adams of Johns Hopkins University was the leading advocate of what came to be known as the 'germ theory' of American institutions. Against the view that America represented a new beginning, he argued: Wherever organic life occurs there ...
... Adam Smith recognized perhaps more clearly than many contemporary writers who pay homage to The Wealth of Nations in their celebration of the merits of free markets and open competition — markets can only function within a stable ...
... Adams, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison — had an exceptional opportunity to implement their ideas. They played decisive parts in the American Revolution and in the formation of the American Republic. The most distinguished ...
... Adams expressed some doubt about the inevitability of human progress: Let me ask you, very seriously my Friend, Where are now in 1813, the Perfection and perfectibility of human Nature? Where is now the progress of the human Mind? (Adams ...
... Adams, 11 January 1816) These remarks show Jefferson's characteristic philosophical idealism — he saw ideas and the growth of knowledge as the very cause of the softening of manners. Fugitive government The most important legacy of the ...