Closing of the American Mind：How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students

图书标准信息

• 作者 Allan Bloom 著
• 出版社 Simon & Schuster
• 出版时间 2012-04
• ISBN 9781451683202
• 定价 145.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 400页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

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In1987,eminentpoliticalphilosopherAllanBloompublishedTheClosingoftheAmericanMind,anappraisalofcontemporaryAmericathat“hitswiththeapproximateforceandeffectofelectroshocktherapy”(TheNewYorkTimes)andhasnotonlybeenvindicated,buthasalsobecomemoreurgenttoday.Inclear,spiritedprose,BloomarguesthatthesocialandpoliticalcrisesofcontemporaryAmericaarepartofalargerintellectualcrisis:theresultofadangerousnarrowingofcuriosityandexplorationbytheuniversityelites.

Now,inthistwenty-fifthanniversaryedition,acclaimedauthorandjournalistAndrewFergusoncontributesanewessaythatdescribeswhyBloom’sargumentcausedsuchafuroratpublicationandwhyourculturesodeeplyresistsitstruthstoday.

【作者简介】

AllanBloomwasprofessorintheCommitteeonSocialThoughtandtheCollegeandco-directoroftheJohnM.OlinCenterforInquiryintotheTheoryandPracticeofDemocracyattheUniversityofChicago.HetaughtatYale,UniversityofParis,UniversityofToronto,TelAvivUniversity,andCornell,wherehewastherecipientoftheClarkTeachingAwardin1967.Hediedin1992.