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Southern Baptist Theological Seminary - Fall 11/12 | ||
Section DR. TRAVIS KERNS | ||
The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students (1st Edition) by Allan David Bloom, Saul Bellow (Foreword), Saul Bloom Bellow, Alan Bloom Paperback, 392 Pages, Published 1987 ISBN-10: 0-671-65715-1 / 0671657151 ISBN-13: 978-0-671-65715-4 / 9780671657154 THE BRILLIANT AND CONTROVERSIAL CRITIQUE OF AMERICAN CULTURE WITH NEARLY A MILLION COPIES IN PRINT 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 the |