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The Closing of the American Mind Paperback - 1988

by Allan Bloom; Foreword by Saul Bellow


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"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.

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  • Title The Closing of the American Mind
  • Author Allan Bloom; Foreword by Saul Bellow
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Touchstone E
  • Pages 392
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York
  • Date 1988-05
  • ISBN 9780671657154 / 0671657151
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.23 x 5.3 x 1.02 in (20.90 x 13.46 x 2.59 cm)
  • Reading level 1320
  • Library of Congress subjects Education, Humanistic - United States, United States - Intellectual life - 20th
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 86024768
  • Dewey Decimal Code 378.012
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