Description
| Product ID: | 9780367535209 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Key Ideas |
| Title: | Exceptionalism |
| Authors: | Author: Kristin Loftsdottir, Lars Jensen |
| Page Count: | 206 |
| Subjects: | Colonialism and imperialism, Colonialism & imperialism, National liberation and independence, Cultural studies, Popular culture, Sociology, Political science and theory, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Cultural studies, Popular culture, Sociology, Political science & theory, Europe |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Through comparative case studies from around the world, this book maps the concept exceptionalism, investigating its meaning and uses while demonstrating the ways in which it manifests itself in different historical and geographical settings, coming to occupy an important narrative position in relation to different nation states. This volume crucially provides an analytical and comparative approach, investigating the meaning and uses of the concept of exceptionalism, while demonstrating the ways in which it manifests itself in different historical and geographical settings. Exceptionalism offers comparative case studies from different parts of the world, showcasing the way in which exceptionalism has come to occupy an important narrative position in relation to different nation-states, including the United States, the United Kingdom, the Nordic countries, various European nations and countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia. An introduction to and overview of a term that has come to define the past and present identity of many nations, this book will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology, geography, cultural studies and politics. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-09-28 |
