0 the idea that a person, country or political system can be allowed to be different from, and perhaps better than, others: --
At ground, those who argue against genetic exceptionalism contend that assigning special status to genetic information perpetuates bias and discrimination.
The data thus provide handsome evidence of southern exceptionalism on the race dimension.
In the eighteenth century, condescension lost some of its aura of exceptionalism, and came to mark a more ordinary - but still commendable - generosity of spirit.
Both historians are surely right in approaching the question of urban exceptionalism from the point of view of particularities rather than typicalities.
The 'exceptionalism' argument calls for a comparative longitudinal research project across societies.
This emphasis helps to avoid the solipsistic explanation based on exceptionalism and the over-general one based on class.
The nature of this exceptionalism, of course, varied over time and interpretation.
American exceptionalism may have worn out its welcome, but it may be time to reconsider the value of synthesis.
