Scott Shelby

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Democratic Party

There's no deadline. There are two books I found interesting in understanding U.S. ideology: Louis Hartz' The LIberal Tradition in America and Martin Seymour Lipset's American Exceptionalism. TFD (talk) 01:46, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

I'll be sure to read them when I have time, and I have already found a copy of Louis Hartz's Liberal Tradition in America on Google Books as a matter of fact. I am surprised this type of literature is publicly available on the internet, especially since the vast majority of literature is usually monetized.

EDIT: On second thought, I did uncover bias regarding Hartz and Lipset, since both of them were staunch proponents of American exceptionalism (Which frequently manifests itself in rightwing circles) and Lipset was an outright neoconservative, largely following the rightwing Bushian approach to foreign policy, which is a controversial approach at best and ludicrous at worst. I may still read them, but they don't seem to be fully reliable judging by their general rightwing slant. Scott Shelby (talk) 01:56, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

While the Right uses the term American exceptionalism to refer to Americanism, that is not what Hartz or Lipset meant. Lipset is often associated with neo-conservatism because he had been a member of the Socialist Party, but following its demise never commented on partisan politics. By the time George W. Bush became president, he had stopped writing. I don't know what Hartz' politics were. I think they were both more interested in history and political theory than contemporary politics. TFD (talk) 06:25, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

August 2019

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