Rediscovering Americanism : and the tyranny of progressivism / Mark R. Levin.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Threshold Editions, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First Threshold editionDescription: vii, 259 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781476773087
- 1476773084
- 9781476773452
- 1476773459
- 320.520973 23
- JK31 .L473 2017
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | Bedford Public Library Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction | 320.52 LEV | Available | 32500001728881 |
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author and radio host Mark R. Levin comes a searing plea for a return to America's most sacred values.
In Rediscovering Americanism, Mark R. Levin revisits the founders' warnings about the perils of overreach by the federal government and concludes that the men who created our country would be outraged and disappointed to see where we've ended up.
Levin returns to the impassioned question he's explored in each of his bestselling books: How do we save our exceptional country? Because our values are in such a precarious state, he argues that a restoration to the essential truths on which our country was founded has never been more urgent. Understanding these principles, in Levin's words, can "serve as the antidote to tyrannical regimes and governments." Rediscovering Americanism is not an exercise in nostalgia, but an appeal to his fellow citizens to reverse course.
This essential book brings Levin's celebrated, sophisticated analysis to the troubling question of America's future, and reminds us what we must restore for the sake of our children and our children's children.
Includes bibliographical references.
Americanism -- The progressive masterminds -- The philosopher kings -- Administrative-state tyranny -- Liberty and republicanism -- Liberty and property.
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Publishers Weekly Review
Radio host Levin (Plunder and Deceit) asks a provocative question-what would the Founding Fathers "think about today's America?"-in this dense, thoughtful book. If the book "can open a few eyes it will have served its purpose," Levin writes, and to that end he quotes generously from "philosophers and thinkers," including Cicero, Alexis de Tocqueville, and Thomas Jefferson. Even readers unfamiliar with the author's show or with his previous books (which he refers to frequently) will quickly realize that Levin's answer to the question he poses is a decidedly conservative one-that the Founders would be outraged by the extent of the federal government's interference in everyday life. Right- and left-wing readers may disagree on the wisdom of his policy prescriptions, but they are likely to agree that the presentation is erudite and sometimes challenging. Discussing market capitalism, for instance, Levin writes that it has been addressed primarily "in the context of Marx's material historicism" and continues by writing that in his view "private property is the material manifestation of the individual's labor." He also throws out some heady discussion points: "What do we mean by human and individual freedom?" This is an educational, if often long-winded, policy primer. (June) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.Author notes provided by Syndetics
Mark Reed Levin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 21, 1957. At the age of 19, he received a bachelor's degree in political science from Temple University. He is an attorney, author, conservative commentator, and the host of American syndicated radio show The Mark Levin Show. He worked as an advisor to President Ronald Reagan's cabinet and was a chief of staff for Attorney General Edwin Meese. He is president of the Landmark Legal Foundation. He is the author of several books including Men in Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America, Rescuing Sprite, Liberty and Tyranny, Ameritopia, and The Liberty Amendments. He received the Ronald Reagan Award from the American Conservative Union in 2001.Levin's New York Times bestsellers include Plunder and Deceit, and Rediscovering Americanism : And the Tyranny of Progressivism.(Bowker Author Biography)