ABOUT THE AUTHOR
 ANDREW LEVINE is the author most recently of THE AMERICAN IDEOLOGY (Routledge) and POLITICAL KEY WORDS (Blackwell) as well as of many other books and articles in political philosophy. His most recent book is In Bad Faith: What’s Wrong With the Opium of the People. He was a Professor (philosophy) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Research Professor (philosophy) at the University of Maryland-College Park.  He is a contributor to Hopeless: Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion (AK Press). 

The opinions expressed in this essay are the exclusive responsibility of the author, and may not be congruent with our own perceptions in every respect, but we see value in diversifying our approaches to an understanding of current realities.