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The Serendipitous Sail Along the Hegemonic Trail: Discerning American Exceptionalism in U.S. Foreign Policy by Studying the Political Use of the Concept of Freedom

Sert, Mervan LU (2019) STVK03 20191
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The primacy of hegemonic structures that shape political processes is relevant to purvey an extensive grasp of which central power dynamic is in effect. The United States has a significant role in the international context and frequently incurs the attention of the world when dealing with issues of global nature. This paper studies how American Exceptionalism, a tendency on the U.S. part to view international norms of restriction as superfluous to its engagements, is circumscribed when analyzing how the political concept of freedom is used in publicly conveyed foreign policy. Freedom is studied from the point of explanatory idea approach and critical discourse analysis to elucidate the hegemonic precepts that function as a instructional... (More)
The primacy of hegemonic structures that shape political processes is relevant to purvey an extensive grasp of which central power dynamic is in effect. The United States has a significant role in the international context and frequently incurs the attention of the world when dealing with issues of global nature. This paper studies how American Exceptionalism, a tendency on the U.S. part to view international norms of restriction as superfluous to its engagements, is circumscribed when analyzing how the political concept of freedom is used in publicly conveyed foreign policy. Freedom is studied from the point of explanatory idea approach and critical discourse analysis to elucidate the hegemonic precepts that function as a instructional preamble to propel American Exceptionalism on the international stage. The paper disassembles freedom on a formal level and structural level to unveil the interplay between the material and discursive spheres, and finds that American Exceptionalism encompasses a normative arrangement that zealously ensures that the hegemonic determinants are not precluded. The political vying for public support exerts attrition upon the masses that are rendered disenchanted and passive, and transfers functional control to a minority regime serving special interests. (Less)
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Sert, Mervan LU
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STVK03 20191
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
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keywords
American Exceptionalism, hegemony, discourse, foreign policy, State Of The Union (SOTU)
language
English
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8975820
date added to LUP
2019-09-06 09:04:34
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2019-09-06 09:04:34
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  abstract     = {{The primacy of hegemonic structures that shape political processes is relevant to purvey an extensive grasp of which central power dynamic is in effect. The United States has a significant role in the international context and frequently incurs the attention of the world when dealing with issues of global nature. This paper studies how American Exceptionalism, a tendency on the U.S. part to view international norms of restriction as superfluous to its engagements, is circumscribed when analyzing how the political concept of freedom is used in publicly conveyed foreign policy. Freedom is studied from the point of explanatory idea approach and critical discourse analysis to elucidate the hegemonic precepts that function as a instructional preamble to propel American Exceptionalism on the international stage. The paper disassembles freedom on a formal level and structural level to unveil the interplay between the material and discursive spheres, and finds that American Exceptionalism encompasses a normative arrangement that zealously ensures that the hegemonic determinants are not precluded. The political vying for public support exerts attrition upon the masses that are rendered disenchanted and passive, and transfers functional control to a minority regime serving special interests.}},
  author       = {{Sert, Mervan}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Serendipitous Sail Along the Hegemonic Trail: Discerning American Exceptionalism in U.S. Foreign Policy by Studying the Political Use of the Concept of Freedom}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}