The Closing of the American Mind by Allan David Bloom

The Closing of the American Mind by Allan David Bloom

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

THE BRILIANT AND CONTROVERSIAL CRITIQUE OF AMERICAN CULTURE WITH NEARLY A MILION 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.

Bloom, Allan: - At his death in 1992, Allan Bloom was the John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and in the College at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including Shakespeare's Politics (with Harry V. Jaffa) and The Closing of the American Mind.

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Title	The Closing of the American Mind
Author	Allan David Bloom
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	1987-06-01
Number of pages	432
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