# The American Dream and varieties of national self-esteem

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The post argues that admiration and resentment of the United States coexist in foreign perceptions of the American dream.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 25 November 2005

## Where it lives

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 25 November 2005
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: identity, nationalism, power, public-discourse.

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