392 pages
English language
Published 1987 by Simon and Schuster.
The closing of the American mind
how higher education has failed democracy and impoverished the souls of today's students
by Allan Bloom
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The Closing of the American Mind, a publishing phenomenon in hardcover, is now a paperback literary event. In this acclaimed number one national best-seller, one of our country's most distinguished political philosophers argues that the social/political crisis of 20th-century America is really an intellectual crisis. Allan Bloom's sweeping analysis is essential to understanding America today. It has fired the imagination of a public ripe for change. - Back cover.
The Closing of the American Mind, a publishing phenomenon in hardcover, is now a paperback literary event. In this acclaimed number one national best-seller, one of our country's most distinguished political philosophers argues that the social/political crisis of 20th-century America is really an intellectual crisis. Allan Bloom's sweeping analysis is essential to understanding America today. It has fired the imagination of a public ripe for change. - Back cover.
Subjects
- Education, Higher -- United States -- Philosophy
- Education, Humanistic -- United States
- Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- United States
- United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century