01690cam a2200313 4500 196475772 TxAuBib 20141230120000.0 111019s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011042260 9781439173244 hbk. 1439173249 hbk. (OCoLC)754720468 TxAuBib Levin, Mark R, 1957-, (Mark Reed.) Ameritopia : the unmaking of America / Mark R. Levin. 1st Threshold Editions hardcover ed. New York : Threshold Editions, 2012. xiii, 270 p. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references. 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. Levin explores the philosophical basis of America's foundations and the crisis that the government faces today. 20141230. Democracy United States. Utopias United States. Utopias Philosophy. United States Politics and government Philosophy. TXMOO