http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/american-exceptionalism Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:36:11 -0400 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:36:11 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1220/the-problems-with-american-exceptionalism By Timothy Borjian - In 2001, German President Johannes Rau made a statement that divided Germany. In an interview with a television station, Rau said that although he is “pleased and grateful” to be German, he cannot be “proud” of it––as “it is not an achievement to be German, [but] just a matter of luck.”1 This statement drew criticism from the opposition in Germany who claimed that without patriotism, it is not possible to adequately represent the interests of the country. Many politicians called for Rau’s resignation or, at the very least, a recant of his words... Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1220/the-problems-with-american-exceptionalism http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/267/ending-the-exceptional-defiance-of-conventions-in-dennis-hoppers-easy-rider By Daniel J. Schneider - This overarching assumption is more difficult to find in later Westerns; films like John Ford’s The Searchers, while not overtly condemning the actions of its mysterious protagonist, are certainly not exactly ecstatic about the Western White Man; both in his attempts to control a land and an indigenous people who never seemed to want him there in the first place.. In fact, that old teleological ethic - which kept America strong through a civil war, two world wars and two centuries of expansion - was beginning to erode. In 1969, after years of protests against institutional racism, the Vietnam... Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/267/ending-the-exceptional-defiance-of-conventions-in-dennis-hoppers-easy-rider