Chauvinism of the West: The Case of American Exceptionalism

Other Works by Shadia B. Drury
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
1 The Roots of American Exceptionalism
	1.1 Political Theology of the Covenant
	1.2 Manifest Destiny
	1.3 Exceptionalism as a Civil Religion
	1.4 Millennial Expectations
	1.5 Exceptionalism as Nationalism
	1.6 Ideals or Delusions?
	1.7 The End of History
	Notes
2 Manifest Destiny Goes Global
	2.1 Blunders at the End of the Cold War
	2.2 In Quest of a Global Empire
	2.3 Terror: A Golden Opportunity
	2.4 Total War
	2.5 Endless War
	2.6 Demonizing the Enemy
	2.7 The Allure of the Most Dangerous Nation
	2.8 The Cost of Empire
	Notes
3 What’s Wrong with Spreading Democracy?
	3.1 Kant: Civilizing or Colonizing the World?
	3.2 Democracy Does Not Yield Liberty
	3.3 Why American Values Are Not Universal
	3.4 The Crisis of “Woke” Liberalism
	3.5 Making the World Safe for Oligarchy
	Notes
4 Neoconservative Realism
	4.1 Thucydides and the Neoconservatives
	4.2 Thucydides Against the Hawks
	4.3 The Tragic Sensibility
	4.4 Understanding Hubris
	4.5 Honor and Shame in Foreign Affairs
	4.6 America and Athens
	Notes
5 Fascist Elements in Neoconservative Realism
	5.1 Leo Strauss: Sparta’s Religious Nationalism Endorsed
	5.2 Carl Schmitt: American Political Theology
	5.3 Donald Trump: The Face of American Fascism
	Notes
6 The Political Theology of the West
	6.1 Christian Realism
	6.2 Structural Realism
	6.3 Is War with China Inevitable?
	Notes
Annotated Bibliography
Index