The revolutionary ideology which became the American Creed is liberalism in its eighteenth- and nineteenth-century meanings, as distinct from conservative Toryism, statist communitarianism, mercantilism, and noblesse oblige dominant in monarchical, state-church-formed cultures. That creed is set forth with dogmatic and even theological lucidity in the Declaration of Independence." As noted in the Introduction, the nation's ideology can be described in five words: liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, populism, and laissezfaire. Chesterton put it: "America is the only nation in the world that is founded on a creed. Americanism, as different people have pointed out, is an "ism" or ideology in the same way that communism or fascism or liberalism are isms. : American Exceptionalism : A Double Edged SwordĬhapter One: Ideology, Politics, and Devianceīorn out of revolution, the United States is a country organized around an ideology which includes a set of dogmas about the nature of a good society.
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