The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has

The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students

The brilliant, controversial, bestselling critique of American culture that â€œhits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapyâ€ (The New York Times)â€”now featuring a new afterword by Andrew Ferguson in a twenty-fifth anniversary edition.

THE BRILLIANT AND CONTROVERSIAL CRITIQUE OF AMERICAN CULTURE WITH NEARLY A MILLION COPIES IN PRINT

Â In 1987, eminent political philosopher Allan Bloom published The Closing of the American Mind, an appraisal of contemporary America that â€œhits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapyâ€ (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 Bloomâ€™s argument caused such a furor at publication and why our culture so deeply resists its truths today.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Paperback
PartNumber 689677
IsAdultProduct
Height 8.44
Length 5.5
Weight 0.7605948039
Width 0.91
ReleaseDate 2012-04-03
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Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Paperback
PartNumber	689677
IsAdultProduct
Height	8.44
Length	5.5
Weight	0.7605948039
Width	0.91
ReleaseDate	2012-04-03
NumberOfItems	1

The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students

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