The People & the Government. An analysis of the American society

Essay from the year 2018 in the subject Politics - International Politics - General and Theories, The George Washington University, language: English, abstract: This essay discusses the covenant between the American citizen and the government. It is divided in four major parts. The first part, which is undeniably the introduction; discusses the place of the citizen in a civil society. The American society is a society based on the vision of four main philosophers of the Enlightenment Era. The combination of their visions generated the Constitution of the United States in which the government's power is tremendously restrained toward the individual liberties of the citizens. The second part of the essay elaborates the motivations and elements of what constitutes American individualism and the limits of individual liberties. As we know, American individualism is the cultural philosophy that guides the American people and their perception of life. The third part of the essay reflects on the government's obligations toward the citizen and the popular sovereignty of the people. The last part of the essay discloses the conclusion.

Germinal G. Van was born in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire in 1990. He pursued his elementary and secondary studies in Cote d'Ivoire where he spent his youth. In 2010, Van moved to the United States to pursue his undergraduate studies. He majored in Government and Philosophy at the Catholic University of America, then obtained his BA in 2014. He subsequently pursue a MA in Politics at the George Washington University, then graduated in 2017. He writes on politics, narrowly on political theory, political philosophy and the law.