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The closing of the american mind 1987 is a book by allan bloom that is a critique of the contemporary university and how bloom sees it as failing its students. Bloom is angry about college studentstolerant of everything, they cannot appreciate. Closing of the american mind by allan bloom overdrive. The late allan bloom s the closing of the american mind was an unexpected bestseller when it appeared in 1987. Jan 06, 2017 andrew reads the introduction to allan bloom s the closing of the american mind 1987. In 1987 the american philosopher allan bloom published his controversial book the closing of the american mind, in which he criticized contemporary trends in american academia as well as in the culture at large. Read more about the author allan bloom was professor in the committee on social thought and the college and codirector of the john m.
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Liberals read blooms argument for philosophy as an attempt to purge nonwhite, noneuropean writers from the cannon on grounds of cultural purity. He taught at yale, university of paris, university of toronto, tel aviv university, and cornell, where he was the recipient of the clark teaching award in 1967. Bachelor thesis from the year 2014 in the subject american studies miscellaneous, grade. The closing of the american mind book by allan bloom. A critique of the closing of the american mind by allan bloom pdf. Allan bloom was professor in the committee on social thought and the college and codirector of the john m. Adobe digital editions this is a free app specially.
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