CD Audiobook
Ameritopia the unmaking of America
Record details
- ISBN: 1442349107
- ISBN: 9781442349100
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Physical Description:
7 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
sound disc
sound recording - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [New York] : Simon & Schuster Audio, p2012.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from web page. Compact discs. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Adam Grupper and the author. |
| Summary, etc.: | Levin explores the philosophical basis of America's foundations and the crisis that the government faces today. |
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| Subject: | Utopias Philosophy Utopias United States Democracy United States United States Politics and government Philosophy |
| Genre: | Audiobooks. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Silas Bronson Library.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | A-BKCD 320.973 LEV (Text) | 34005106917627 | Adult Book on CD | Available | - |
