Table Of ContentThe man of system … is apt to be very wise in his own conceit; and is often
so enamoured with the supposed beauty of his own ideal plan of government,
that he cannot suffer the smallest deviation from any part of it. He goes on to
establish it completely and in all its parts, without any regard either to the great
interests or to the strong prejudices which may oppose it. He seems to imagine
that he can arrange the different members of a great society with as much ease as
the hand arranges the different pieces upon a chess-board.…
—Adam Smith
The Theory of Moral Sentiments, 1759
AN INTELLECTUALLY BRACING NEW VOLUME ON AMERICA’S
TRANSFORMATION AND THE CLASH BETWEEN
CONSTITUTIONALISM AND UTOPIANISM—FROM THE AUTHOR OF
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIBERTY & TYRANNY
MARK R. LEVIN
Hailed by Rush Limbaugh as “the most compelling defense of freedom for our
time,” and “the necessary book of the Obama era” by The American Spectator,
Mark R. Levin’s Liberty and Tyranny made the most persuasive case for
conservatism and against statism in a generation. In this most crucial time, this
leading conservative thinker explores the psychology, motivations, and history
of the utopian movement, its architects, 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
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.
MARK R. LEVIN, nationally syndicated talk-radio host and president of
Landmark Legal Foundation, is the author of Liberty and Tyranny, the 38-week
New York Times bestseller that spent more than three months at #1 and sold
more than one million copies. His books Men in Black: How the Supreme Court
Is Destroying America and Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover’s Story of Joy and
Anguish were also New York Times and national bestsellers; he also contributed
the preface to his father Jack E. Levin’s Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
Illustrated. He has worked as an attorney in the private sector and as a top
adviser and administrator to several members of President Ronald Reagan’s
cabinet. He holds a B.A. from Temple University and a J.D. from Temple
University Law School.
Follow Mark Levin on Twitter and visit him on the web at
www.marklevinshow.com.
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Levin, Mark R. (Mark Reed), 1957–
Ameritopia : the unmaking of America / Mark R. Levin.
p. cm.
1. United States—Politics and government—Philosophy. 2.
Democracy—United States. 3. Utopias—United States. 4. Utopias—
Philosophy. I. Title.
JK31.L47 2012
320.97301—dc23
2011042260
ISBN 978-1-4391-7324-4
ISBN 978-1-43917328-2 (ebook)
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