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1001 ▼a Williams, Lucy.
24510 ▼a Aspirational Exceptionalism: Rhetoric, Politics, and the Pursuit of American Greatness.
260 ▼a [S.l.] : ▼b University of California, Los Angeles., ▼c 2018
260 1 ▼a Ann Arbor : ▼b ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, ▼c 2018
300 ▼a 283 p.
500 ▼a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-12(E), Section: A.
500 ▼a Advisers: Joshua F. Dienstag
5021 ▼a Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2018.
520 ▼a American exceptionalism---i.e., the belief that the United States is chosen, superior to other nations, and tasked with a unique responsibility or mission---is often analyzed, studied, and critiqued as a singular and unified rhetorical tradition
520 ▼a Because most citizens, politicians, and thinkers understand and deploy exceptionalism in the accomplished sense, this dissertation focuses primarily on the form, substance, and effects of the lesser-known aspirational mode. The dissertation anal
520 ▼a More broadly, though, I challenge and re-define what it means to be a "good" American citizen. If, as Charles Taylor argues, language shapes and influences individuals' orientation toward the world, then America's tendency to privilege accomplis
590 ▼a School code: 0031.
650 4 ▼a Political science.
650 4 ▼a Philosophy.
650 4 ▼a Rhetoric.
650 4 ▼a American studies.
690 ▼a 0615
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71020 ▼a University of California, Los Angeles. ▼b Political Science.
7730 ▼t Dissertation Abstracts International ▼g 79-12A(E).
773 ▼t Dissertation Abstract International
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791 ▼a Ph.D.
792 ▼a 2018
793 ▼a English
85640 ▼u http://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T15000879 ▼n KERIS
980 ▼a 201812 ▼f 2019
990 ▼a 관리자