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CURING EXCEPTIONALISM IBD

DAVID C N SWANSON / DAVID C NSWANSON
DAVID SWANSON
03 / 2018
9780998085937
Inglés

Sinopsis

U.S. exceptionalism, the idea that the United States of America is superior to other nations, is no more fact-based and no less harmful than racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry.The purpose of this book is to persuade you of that statement.This book examines how the United States actually compares with other countries, how people think about the comparison, what damage that thinking does, and what changes we might want to consider making.&ldquo,I hope Curing Exceptionalism will be part of coursework in classrooms throughout the U.S.&rdquo, &mdash,Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence.&ldquo,A must-read for every U.S. citizen.&rdquo, &mdash,Robert Fantina, author of Desertion and the American Soldier 1776-2006.Table of Contents:Introduction 6I. How the United States Compares with Other Countries 8II. Exceptionalist Thinking 62III. The Damage Exceptionalism Does 122IV. Curing This Disease 164Acknowledgements 190About the Author 191End Notes 192