The closing of the American mind : How higher education has failed democracy and impoverished today's students

In 1987, eminent political philosopher Allan Bloom published The Closing of the American Mind, an appraisal of contemporary America that “hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy” (The New York Times) and has not only been vindicated, but has also become more urgent today....

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Autor Principal: Bloom, Allan
Formato: Libro
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Publicado: New York Simon & Schuster 1987
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