01497cam a2200277 4500 1164014445 TxAuBib 20120225120000.0 111019s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011042260 9781439173244 1439173249 DLC DLC TxAuBib Levin, Mark R, 1957-, (Mark Reed.) Ameritopia : the unmaking of America / Mark R. Levin. 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 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. 20120225. Democracy United States. Utopias United States. Utopias Philosophy. United States Politics and government Philosophy. TXKIP