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The Logic of American Exceptionalism

其他書名	Petrus Ramus, the Puritans, and Contemporary American Politics
出版	Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2010
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=3SWoYgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Petrus Ramus was one of the most influential philosophers of the 1500s. His attempted reform of pedagogy, which was exemplified in his dialectic and rhetoric, not only changed the way people taught and thought, but also demonstrated the scholastic reforms occurring in his lifetime. Ramus' influence is evident through the amount of controversy it sparked, the amount of scholarship devoted to Ramus, and, most importantly, the spread of Ramism from Europe to New England, finding its home in the New England Puritans. American exceptionalism, traceable to the Puritans, has emerged in the words of conservative American politicians. Has American identity, imbued with Puritan ideas, also been infected with a subtle Ramism? A study of political and theological reactions to 9/11--a reflection of the Puritan "provoking evils"--And political speeches appealing to the fabled "city upon a hill" not only show the continuance of American exceptionalism but also demonstrate Ramist logic at work. The identification of America as "exceptional," and the support of this idea as provided by the aforementioned reactions and speeches, exhibits a belief in the ontological relationship between signs and exceptionalism. Ramism, Ramist influence upon the Puritans, the theology and logic of Jonathan Edwards, and recent American political discourse are investigated