Ameritopia
The Unmaking of America
1st Edition
Published on 17. January 2012
288 pages
978-1-4391-7328-2 (ISBN)
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In his acclaimed #1 New York Times bestseller, Mark R. Levin explores the psychology, motivations, and history of the utopian movement, its architects?the Founding Fathers, and its modern-day disciples?and how the individual and American society are being devoured by it.
Levin asks, what is this utopian force that both allures a free people and destroys them? Levin digs deep into the past and draws astoundingly relevant parallels to contemporary America from Plato's Republic, Thomas More's Utopia, Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan, and Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto, as well as from the critical works of John Locke, Charles Montesquieu, Alexis de Tocqueville, and other philosophical pioneers who brilliantly diagnosed the nature of man and government. As Levin meticulously pursues his subject, the reader joins him in an enlightening and compelling journey. And in the end, Levin's message is clear: the American republic is in great peril. The people must now choose between utopianism or liberty.
President Ronald Reagan warned, ?freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.? Levin agrees, and with Ameritopia, delivers another modern political classic, an indispensable guide for America in our time and in the future.
Levin asks, what is this utopian force that both allures a free people and destroys them? Levin digs deep into the past and draws astoundingly relevant parallels to contemporary America from Plato's Republic, Thomas More's Utopia, Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan, and Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto, as well as from the critical works of John Locke, Charles Montesquieu, Alexis de Tocqueville, and other philosophical pioneers who brilliantly diagnosed the nature of man and government. As Levin meticulously pursues his subject, the reader joins him in an enlightening and compelling journey. And in the end, Levin's message is clear: the American republic is in great peril. The people must now choose between utopianism or liberty.
President Ronald Reagan warned, ?freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.? Levin agrees, and with Ameritopia, delivers another modern political classic, an indispensable guide for America in our time and in the future.
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Mark R. Levin, nationally syndicated talk radio host, host of LevinTV, Chairman Emeritus of Landmark Legal Foundation, and the host of the Fox News show Life, Liberty, & Levin, is the author of eight consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers: Liberty and Tyranny, Ameritopia, The Liberty Amendments, Plunder and Deceit, Rediscovering Americanism, Unfreedom of the Press, American Marxism, and The Democrat Party Hates America. Liberty and Tyranny spent three months at #1 and sold more than 1.5 million copies. His books Men in Black and Rescuing Sprite were also New York Times bestsellers. Levin is an inductee of the National Radio Hall of Fame and was a top adviser to several members of President Ronald Reagan's cabinet. He holds a BA from Temple University and a JD from Temple University Law School.
Content
- Intro
- Back Cover
- Description
- Author Bio
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: On Utopianism
- Chapter One: The Tyranny of Utopia
- Chapter Two: Plato's Republic and the Perfect Society
- Chapter Three: Thomas More's Utopia and Radical Egalitarianism
- Chapter Four: Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan and the All-Powerful State
- Chapter Five: Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto and the Class Struggle
- Part II: On Americanism
- Chapter Six: John Locke and the Nature of Man
- Chapter Seven: The Influence of Locke on the Founders
- Chapter Eight: Charles de Montesquieu and Republican Government
- Chapter Nine: The Influence of Montesquieu on the Framers
- Chapter Ten: Alexis de Tocqueville and Democracy in America
- Part III: On Utopianism and Americanism
- Chapter Eleven: Post-Constitutional America
- Chapter Twelve: Ameritopia
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Footnote
