Ameritopia
The Unmaking of America
New York : Threshold Editions, 2012.
Format: Book
Description: xiii, 270 pages ; 23 cm
Levin explores the philosophical basis of America's foundations and the crisis that the government faces today.
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I. On utopianism: the tyranny of utopia; Plato's Republic and the myth of the perfect society; Thomas More's Utopia and the loss of individualism; Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan and the all powerful state; Karl Marx's Communist manifesto and radical egalitarianism -- 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 utopia and America: post-constitutional America; Ameritopia.
Subjects:
Democracy -- United States.
Utopias -- United States.
Utopias -- Philosophy.
United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.
Democracy -- United States.
Utopias -- United States.
Utopias -- Philosophy.
United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.
ISBN:
9781439173244
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
GOV Politics US Lev | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references.