{"product_id":"the-closing-of-the-american-mind-how-higher-education-has-failed-democracy-and-impoverished-the-souls-of-todays-students-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\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE BRILLIANT AND CONTROVERSIAL CRITIQUE OF AMERICAN CULTURE WITH NEARLY A MILLION COPIES IN PRINT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 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\u003eNow, 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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451683202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 402\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":"Default Title","offer_id":36651405050012,"sku":"9781451683202","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c502cbc3-88b6-460a-a1cc-7419b6fac4ab.jpg?v=1603877582","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-closing-of-the-american-mind-how-higher-education-has-failed-democracy-and-impoverished-the-souls-of-todays-students-9781451683202","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}