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A World Values Survey cultural world map, describing the United States as low in "Secular-Rational Values" and high in "Self-Expression Values". The society of the United States is based on Western culture, and has been developing since long before the United States became a country with its own unique social and cultural characteristics such as dialect, music, arts, social habits, cuisine ...
Painting by Howard Chandler Christy of the scene at the Philadelphia Convention which led to the signing of the United States Constitution, an important document in American political and legal philosophy. Early American philosophy was heavily shaped by the European Age of Enlightenment, which promoted ideals such as reason and individual ...
Freelance writer James Truslow Adams popularized the phrase "American Dream" in his 1931 book Epic of America: [29] But there has been also the American dream, that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for ...
America is not a sports team and winning in the stock market is not the definition of success for America. "America First" is not a slogan; it is a guiding principle.
In a 2016 paper in the American Sociological Review, "Varieties of American Popular Nationalism", sociologists Bart Bonikowski and Paul DiMaggio report on research findings supporting the existence of at least four kinds of American nationalists, including, groups which range from the smallest to the largest: (1) the disengaged, (2) creedal or ...
US News & World Report created a list of US cities with the best quality of life. The top locations include Honolulu and Ann Arbor, Michigan.
As a result of similar views, anti-American sentiment can develop, and the United States’ security can be put at risk. For example, one of the most infamous anti-American acts against the United States were the 9/11 attacks. American stereotypes were not the main proponent of these attacks, but stereotypes become self-fulfilling and normative.
President Joe Biden, in his farewell address, reflected on a decadeslong political career but also issued a warning to the nation as he prepares to cede power to President-elect Donald Trump.