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

Title Ameritopia : the unmaking of America / Mark R. Levin.

Publication Info. New York : Threshold Editions, 2012.

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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  320.973 LEV    Storage
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  320.973 LEV    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  320.973 LEV    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  320.973 LEV    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  320.973 L569    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  320.973 LEV    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  320.973 LEV    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  320.973 LEVIN    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  320.973 LEVIN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  320.973 LE    Check Shelf
Edition First Threshold Editions hardcover edition.
Description xiii, 270 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-267).
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.
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.
Democracy -- United States.
Utopias -- United States.
Utopias -- Philosophy.
ISBN 9781439173244 hardback $26.99
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