Achieving Our Country
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Achieving Our Country is a political philosophy book by Richard Rorty that critiques contemporary leftist politics in the United States and calls for a renewed, pragmatic, and reformist patriotism.
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| Achieving Our Country canonical | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Achieving Our Country Context triple: [Richard Rorty, notableWork, Achieving Our Country]
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A.
The American Way
The American Way is a 1939 Broadway patriotic pageant-play co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman that dramatizes the experiences of an immigrant family across generations in the United States.
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B.
Take Back Our Country
Take Back Our Country was the populist, reform-oriented slogan used by Howard Dean during his 2004 U.S. presidential campaign to rally grassroots opposition to the political establishment and the Iraq War.
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C.
Binding the Nation
Binding the Nation is a permanent exhibition at the National Postal Museum that explores how the U.S. postal system helped connect and unify the country’s people, commerce, and culture.
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D.
The Rising Glory of America
The Rising Glory of America is an early patriotic poem by Philip Freneau that envisions the future greatness and promise of the newly emerging United States.
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E.
One-Third of a Nation
One-Third of a Nation is a 1938 Living Newspaper stage production that dramatized the urgent issues of urban housing and poverty in the United States during the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Achieving Our Country Target entity description: Achieving Our Country is a political philosophy book by Richard Rorty that critiques contemporary leftist politics in the United States and calls for a renewed, pragmatic, and reformist patriotism.
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A.
The American Way
The American Way is a 1939 Broadway patriotic pageant-play co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman that dramatizes the experiences of an immigrant family across generations in the United States.
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B.
Take Back Our Country
Take Back Our Country was the populist, reform-oriented slogan used by Howard Dean during his 2004 U.S. presidential campaign to rally grassroots opposition to the political establishment and the Iraq War.
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C.
Binding the Nation
Binding the Nation is a permanent exhibition at the National Postal Museum that explores how the U.S. postal system helped connect and unify the country’s people, commerce, and culture.
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D.
The Rising Glory of America
The Rising Glory of America is an early patriotic poem by Philip Freneau that envisions the future greatness and promise of the newly emerging United States.
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E.
One-Third of a Nation
One-Third of a Nation is a 1938 Living Newspaper stage production that dramatized the urgent issues of urban housing and poverty in the United States during the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ political philosophy book ⓘ |
| advocates |
national pride
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pragmatic politics ⓘ progressive patriotism ⓘ reformist politics ⓘ |
| argues |
patriotism can be a progressive force
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politics should focus on reducing cruelty and inequality ⓘ the left should engage in national reform rather than cultural despair ⓘ |
| author | Richard Rorty ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Massey Lectures at Harvard University
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linked to:
Massey Lectures
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| centralTheme |
critique of leftist disengagement from electoral politics
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hope in national progress ⓘ renewed leftist patriotism ⓘ role of national narratives in politics ⓘ |
| compares | reformist left and revolutionary left ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizes |
contemporary academic left
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cultural left ⓘ postmodern left ⓘ |
| critiques |
leftist focus on theory over practice
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withdrawal from electoral and labor politics ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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political philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780674003125 ⓘ |
| hasPart | lectures delivered at Harvard University ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American liberal tradition
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American pragmatism ⓘ John Dewey ⓘ Walt Whitman ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
defense of patriotic language for the left
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influence on debates about the American left ⓘ |
| placesInContext | history of the American left ⓘ |
| proposes | revival of a reformist, social-democratic left ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harvard University Press ⓘ |
| subject |
American left
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American politics ⓘ liberalism ⓘ national identity ⓘ patriotism ⓘ pragmatism ⓘ reformism ⓘ social democracy ⓘ |
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