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Author Levin, Mark R., (Mark Reed), 1957- author.

Title Ameritopia [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] the unmaking of America / Mark R. Levin.

Publication Info. New York : Threshold Editions, 2012.
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Contents Introduction -- Part I. On utopianism. The tyranny of utopia ; Plato's Republic and 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 de 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 Levin explores the philosophical basis of America's foundations and the crisis that the government faces today.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. New York Threshold Editions 2012 Available via World Wide Web.
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.
Democracy -- United States.
Utopias -- United States.
Utopias -- Philosophy.
Genre Electronic books.
Added Author OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
ISBN 9781439173282 (electronic bk.)
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