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Andrew Levine (born November 28, 1944, died March 12, 2021) was an American political philosopher and a political commentator. After acquiring his PhD at Columbia University in 1971, he taught at the University of British Columbia and then at the University of Wisconsin- Madison where he taught for thirty years. In retirement, he taught at the University of Maryland-College Park, served as senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies (Washington, D.C.), and wrote as a news commentator for Counterpunch.org. Levine's career focused on advancing left theory, situated in the libertarian socialist and analytical Marxist traditions. His work spanned a wide range of topics but centered on critiques of capitalism, the state, and religion. Levine made important contributions as well to the advancement of Marxist theory.

Selected works

 * The Politics of Autonomy: A Kantian Reading of Rousseau's Social Contract, University of Massachusetts Press, 1976.
 * Liberal Democracy: A Critique of its Theory, Columbia University Press, 1982.
 * The End of the State: A Marxist Reflection on an Idea of Rousseau's, Verso, 1987.
 * Arguing for Socialism: Theoretical Considerations, Verso, 1988.
 * Reconstructing Marxism: Essays on Explanation and the Theory of History, with Erik Olin Wright and Elliott Sober, Verso, 1992.
 * Liberal Equality: From a "Utopian" Point of View, Cornell University Press, 1998.
 * Engaging Political Philosophy: Hobbes to Rawls, Wiley-Blackwell, 2001.
 * A Future for Marxism?: Althusser, the Analytical Turn and the Revival of Socialist Theory, Pluto Press, 2003.
 * The American Ideology: A Critique, Routledge, 2004.
 * Political Keywords: A Guide for Students, Activists, and Everyone Else, Wiley-Blackwell, 2007.
 * The General Will: Rousseau, Marx, Communism, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
 * In Bad Faith: What's Wrong with the Opium of the People, Prometheus, 2011.