01096nam a2200193Ia 4500 CTU_223362 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 973.92 B655 Bloom, Allan The closing of the American mind : How higher education has failed democracy and impoverished today's students Allan Bloom New York Simon & Schuster 1987 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. 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... Vũ Anh, Trúc Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ