Ameritopia: the unmaking of America

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.

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.