Over years, many social scientists have devoted considerable attention to the concept of unilateralism that characterized the politics of US in the world. Their studies found that Americans have developed a sentiment of ethnocentrism by means they present as special, outstanding before others. This essay-review not only examines the socio cultural reasons of this issue, but also the risk to be special. The discussion is aimed to the thesis Americans are subject to the predestination and revealed destiny whereby a particular tragic view of the world has been introduced to the culture. At some extent, this encouraged a quest for virtuosity but at the same time it brought the citizenry towards an atmosphere of panic as never before.
Korstanje, M. E., & Skoll, G. (2016). United States and the principle of exceptionalism. Cuadernos De Historia, (43), pp. 133–156. Retrieved from https://pedagogiaderecho.uchile.cl/index.php/CDH/article/view/41473
