@article {640757, title = {Washington {\textemdash} Is "American exceptionalism" now hubris? [February 2016]}, journal = {Taking Bearings. LMG (London, Paris, Cambridge)}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Washington --- Is "American exceptionalism" now hubris?With socioeconomic indicators regarding quality-of-life issues portraying America as far from first, with America{\textquoteright}s civil discourse corrupted by the shameful shouting exhibitions in the Republican primaries, with Americans {\textemdash}both left and right -- increasingly drawn toward polarizing populist movements, and with American exceptionalism increasingly scorned globally --or cast in a negative light as an implicitly interventionist creed--a number of pieces recently published in the BBC and elsewhere have essentially asked, "is {\textquoteright}American exceptionalism{\textquoteright} hubris?" \ \ [more]}, author = {K.Lee Lerner} }