Alan Guelzo, one of our leading Lincoln scholars, answers that question in the affirmative, rejecting the accepted view that pragmatism defines the American mind as uninterested in ideas. Instead, he sees American as largely the product of the Enlightenment and Puritanism.
This short essay is amplified by his masterful Teaching Company on the American Mind. Everything that Guelzo does is worth exploring, and I strongly recommend all of his Teaching Company courses.
The justifications given for the attack on Iraq suggest that there is an American Mind.
Posted by: dearieme | June 07, 2009 at 03:06 AM