Wednesday, September 19, 2012
"International Nation.
In Randolph Bourne's essay, he mentions that the U.S. has been unknowingly becoming "the first international nation," meaning that there is not necessarily a fixed American culture to which newcomers can strive to adhere. Nearly a hundred years later, the question of what or who represents a true America is still a subject of debate, particularly with the presidential election looming. But can anything represent American culture? Bourne questions the existence of a uniquely American culture, but has this changed in the past hundred years of U.S. history? Have the international conflicts since World War I forced the U.S. to develop a defend-able identity?
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I understand that it was because was previous wars that America was able to come out of their international isolation. As war broke out in Europe such as World War I & II European nations were in mess because of battlefields. Even though America took park in the war they border was never turned into a battlefield. It is likely to believe that a lot of people around the world felt that America was able to provide them freedom, safety and opportunity to live prosperous during the time of turmoil and devastation. Through this war time, America was able to add onto their ongoing American culture or identity
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