Samuel P. Huntington Quotes About Revolution
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Since the revolution of the 18th century, America has basically had an ideology of liberal democracy and constitutionalism.
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We really only came around to accepting and integrating the propositional dimension of identity into a concept of ourselves at the time of the American Revolution.
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In the 19th century it was basically nationality and people trying to define their nationalism and create states which would reflect their nationalism. In the 20th century, ideology came to the fore, largely, but not exclusively, as a result of the Russian Revolution and we have fascism, communism and liberal democracy competing with each other. Well that's pretty much over.
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Samuel P. Huntington
- Born: April 18, 1927
- Died: December 24, 2008
- Occupation: Political scientist
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