Ameritopia

The Unmaking of America

• Author(s): Mark R. Levin,
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster
• Pages: 270
• ISBN_10: 1439173249
  ISBN_13: 9781439173244
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Philosophy / Political , Political Science / General , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy , Political Science / Political Process / Political Parties , Political Science / American Government / General , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism , Political Science / Utopias ,

Description:... 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.