The Debate on American Exceptionalism. Norbert Elias' "Further aspects of established-outsider relations: the Maycomb model" and "Synopsis: Towards a Theory of Civilzing Processes"

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,0, University of Frankfurt (Main) (Institut für England- und Amerikastudien), language: English, abstract: The insistence that the United States of America is an exceptional country is widespread, particularly and unsurprisingly in America. Given the country's economical and social history, the sugge...