The Closing Of The American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy And Impoverished The Souls Of Today's Students
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At a moment when American universities were celebrated as engines of progress and enlightenment, Allan Bloom arrived with a thunderclap of dissent: The Closing of the American Mind argues that higher education, far from liberating young minds, has systematically dismantled the intellectual and moral foundations upon which genuine democracy depends. Bloom, a philosopher and professor at the University of Chicago, chronicles the retreat from great books and timeless questions, presenting a devastating portrait of a generation of students adrift — pleasure-seeking, relativistic, and cut off from the rich traditions of Western thought that once gave education its purpose and power. Drawing on decades of classroom experience and a formidable command of philosophy — from Plato and Rousseau to Nietzsche and Weber — Bloom constructs a sweeping cultural critique that is as provocative as it is erudite. He argues that the twin forces of relativism and rock music have impoverished the inner lives of students more profoundly than any economic hardship, leaving them incapable of the serious self-examination that citizenship and humanity demand. Upon its publication in 1987, the book ignited fierce debate across the American intellectual landscape and became an unlikely bestseller, proving that the question of what education is truly *for* remains as urgent — and as unsettling — as ever.
Author: Allan Bloom
Format: Hardback
Genre: Education theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
At a moment when American universities were celebrated as engines of progress and enlightenment, Allan Bloom arrived with a thunderclap of dissent: The Closing of the American Mind argues that higher education, far from liberating young minds, has systematically dismantled the intellectual and moral foundations upon which genuine democracy depends. Bloom, a philosopher and professor at the University of Chicago, chronicles the retreat from great books and timeless questions, presenting a devastating portrait of a generation of students adrift — pleasure-seeking, relativistic, and cut off from the rich traditions of Western thought that once gave education its purpose and power. Drawing on decades of classroom experience and a formidable command of philosophy — from Plato and Rousseau to Nietzsche and Weber — Bloom constructs a sweeping cultural critique that is as provocative as it is erudite. He argues that the twin forces of relativism and rock music have impoverished the inner lives of students more profoundly than any economic hardship, leaving them incapable of the serious self-examination that citizenship and humanity demand. Upon its publication in 1987, the book ignited fierce debate across the American intellectual landscape and became an unlikely bestseller, proving that the question of what education is truly *for* remains as urgent — and as unsettling — as ever.