It operates as a refuge for a civilizing element in short supply in contemporary America: honest criticism
FeaturesNovember 2007 "The Closing of the American Mind" at 20 On Allan Bloom the teacher, taking on the listless realms of academe.
Editors note: When The Closing of the American Mind appeared in the spring of 1987, it was an
immediate sensationa source of jubilation and consternation
in more or less equal measure. Allan Blooms book spawned a small
cataract of books about the university, some extending
Blooms criticisms, some taking issue with them. Unlike many
polemical works, however, Closing nimbly transcended its
moment. Love it or hate itor love it and hate itBlooms
book was an unavoidable document: a reflection that anyone
concerned with the fate of American culture could accept or
reject, but could not in good conscience ignore. We were
therefore delighted to collaborate with the Manhattan
Institutes Center for the American Universityitself a
recent legacy of Blooms pioneering workin a conference
examining The Closing of the American Mind at 20. The
conference, which took place in New York on Octob ...
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