TY - BOOK AU - Levin,Mark R. TI - Rediscovering Americanism: and the tyranny of progressivism T2 - New York Times Bestseller Nonfiction. SN - 9781476773087 (hardcover) AV - JK 31 L665r 2017 U1 - 320.520973 PY - 2017///] CY - New York PB - Threshold Editions KW - Liberty KW - United States KW - Progressivism (United States politics) KW - Progresismo (Estados Unidos) KW - Libertad KW - Estados Unidos KW - Politics and government KW - Philosophy KW - Moral conditions KW - PolĂ­tica y gobierno KW - FilosofĂ­a KW - Condiciones morales N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Americanism -- The Progressive Masterminds -- The Philosopher-Kings -- Administrative-State Tyranny -- Liberty and Republicanism -- Liberty and Property N2 - He shows how progressivism seeks to refute the American heritage of individual liberty and completely overhaul modern life, growing into a government with no limits and leading us into a new age of authoritarianism, far from the Founders' dream of a limited government as delineated in the Constitution. Levin returns to the impassioned question he's explored in each of his ... 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. In this crucial thesis, Mark R ER -