History and Progress: In Search of European and American IdentityBloomsbury Academic, 1989 M09 20 - 459 páginas Concisely 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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... important works , Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy ( 1874 ) , Darwinism and Other Essays ( 1879 ) , The Destiny of Man Viewed in the Light of His Origin ( 1884 ) , The Idea of God as Affected by Modern Knowledge ( 1885 ) , and Through ...
... importance of the Revolution . According to John Adams , the Revolution took place in the hearts of the people ... important differences between the French and American republicanism becomes clear . The revolu- tionary character of ...
... important point : its assessment of human nature . Although the Americans also saw virtue as an important prerequisite for a republican state , this recognition never turned into a rigorous enforcement of virtue . In France , the ...
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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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