American Individualism According to Emerson, Bellah and de'Tocqueville

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This 5 page paper examines various types of American individualism by analyzing literary works. The pitfalls of individualism were discussed by Alexis De'Tocqueville in Democracy in America; Robert Bellah in Habits of the Heart talked about religious individualism; and in Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson praised American diversity and nonconformity. There are 6 sources listed in the bibliography.