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Ameritopia : the unmaking of America / Mark R. Levin.
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- ISBN: 9781439173244
- ISBN: 1439173249
- Physical Description: xiii, 270 p. ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Threshold Editions, 2012.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-267). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Part I. On utopianism: the tyranny of utopia; Plato's Republic and the myth of the perfect society; Thomas More's Utopia and radical egalitarianism; Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan and the all powerful state; Karl Marx's Communist manifesto and the class struggle -- Part II. On Americanism: John Locke and the nature of man; the influence of Locke on the founders; Charles Montesquieu and republican government; the influence of Montesquieu on the framers; Alexis de Tocqueville and Democracy in America -- Part III. On utopianism and Americanism: post-constitutional America; Ameritopia. |
| Summary, etc.: | The nationally syndicated radio host explores the philosophical basis of America's foundations as well as the crises facing government today. |
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| Subject: | United States > Politics and government > Philosophy. Democracy > United States. Utopias > United States. Utopias > Philosophy. |
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