The Closing of the American Mind

Allan David Bloom First published 1987

About this book

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

aspectos políticos
civilisation
educación humanística
educación superior
education
education, united states
enseignement supérieur
ensino superior
filosofía
higher education
humanistic education
intellectual life
philosophie
philosophy
political aspects
political aspects of higher education
vida intelectual
vie intellectuelle