Essay Archive - Lipset's American Creed
Lipset's American Creed
Liberty. Egalitarianism. Individualism. Populism. Laissez-faire.
These five concepts embody the "American creed" as described by author Seymour
Martin Lipset. Lipset feels that this "American creed" is representative of an
ideology that all Americans share. Lipset's argument is on shaky ground,
however, when scrutinized under the microscope of race. Racial relations in
this country do much to undermine the validity of Lipset's argument, especially
the concepts of egalitarianism and populism.
Take, for example, The Deforming Mirror of Truth, the introduction to a
book by Nath....
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