The Closing of the American Mind - How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students (Paperback, Reissue ed.)

"THE BRILLIANT AND CONTROVERSIAL CRITIQUE OF AMERICAN CULTURE WITH NEARLY A MILLION COPIES IN PRINT"
In 1987, eminent political philosopher Allan Bloom published "The Closing of the American Mind," an appraisal of contemporary America that "hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy" ("The New York Times") and has not only been vindicated, but has also become more urgent today. In clear, spirited prose, Bloom argues that the social and political crises of contemporary America are part of a larger intellectual crisis: the result of a dangerous narrowing of curiosity and exploration by the university elites.
Now, in this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, acclaimed author and journalist Andrew Ferguson contributes a new essay that describes why Bloom's argument caused such a furor at publication and why our culture so deeply resists its truths today.

General

Imprint:	Simon & Schuster
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2012
First published:	April 2012
Authors:	Allan Bloom
Afterword by:	Andrew Ferguson
Foreword by:	Saul Bellow
Dimensions:	214 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	402
Edition:	Reissue ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4516-8320-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4516-8320-0
Barcode:	9781451683202

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