The Closing of the American MindThe 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. Book jacket. |
Contents
Foreword by Saul Bellow | 19 |
Our Virtue | 25 |
The Clean Slate | 47 |
Copyright | |
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