{"product_id":"the-closing-of-the-american-allan-bloom-9781451683202","title":"The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe brilliant, controversial, bestselling critique of American culture that \"hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)--now featuring a new afterword by Andrew Ferguson in a twenty-fifth anniversary edition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1987, eminent political philosopher Allan Bloom published \u003ci\u003eThe Closing of the American Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, an appraisal of contemporary America that \"hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and has not only been vindicated, but has also become more urgent today. In clear, spirited prose, Bloom argues that the social and political crises of contemporary America are part of a larger intellectual crisis: the result of a dangerous narrowing of curiosity and exploration by the university elites. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now, in this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, acclaimed author and journalist Andrew Ferguson contributes a new essay that describes why Bloom's argument caused such a furor at publication and why our culture so deeply resists its truths today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allan Bloom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1451683200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451683202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.53w x 1.03d","brand":"Allan Bloom","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050694701311,"sku":"9781451683202","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cd5d9dfa-2e77-44d7-b5f4-8b9d95a41cff.jpg?v=1685008707","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-closing-of-the-american-allan-bloom-9781451683202","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}