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008 111019s2012 nyu b 000 0 eng
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020 $a9781439173244 (hbk.)
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050 00 $aJK31$b.L47 2012
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100 1 $aLevin, Mark R.$q(Mark Reed),$d1957-
245 10 $aAmeritopia :$bthe unmaking of America /$cMark R. Levin.
250 $a1st Threshold Editions hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bThreshold Editions,$c2012.
300 $axiii, 270 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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.
520 $aLevin explores the philosophical basis of America's foundations and the crisis that the government faces today.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aDemocracy$zUnited States.
650 0 $aUtopias$zUnited States.
650 0 $aUtopias$xPhilosophy.