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An edition of The Closing of the American Mind (1987)

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A discourse on late 20th century American students' mind and soul, and the damage done by the elite universities' turn from the eternal verities as outlined by Socrates-Plato-Aristotle, Shakespeare and Rousseau.

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Simon and Schuster
Language
English
Pages
392

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Subjects
Vie intellectuelle, Culture, Education, Philosophy, Education, united states
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Aristotle, René Descartes (1596-1650), Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), Hegal, Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Locke, Machiavelli, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900), Plato, Socrates, Tocqueville, Weber
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United States
Times
20th century

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Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students
2012, Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
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Closing of the American Mind
2008, Simon & Schuster, Limited
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The Closing of the American Mind
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1987, Simon and Schuster
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Table of Contents

Forward by Saul Bellow Page 11
Preface Page 19
Introduction: Our Virtue Page 25
Part One. Students
The Clean Slate Page 47
Books Page 62
Music Page 68
Relationships Page 82
Self-Centeredness Page 82
Equality Page 88
Race Page 91
Sex Page 97
Separateness Page 109
Divorce Page 119
Love Page 122
Eros Page 132
Part Two. Nihilism, American Style
The German Connection Page 141
Two Revolutions and Two States of Nature Page 157
The Self Page 173
Creativity Page 180
Values Page 194
The Nietzscheanization of the Left or Vice Versa Page 217
Our Ignorance Page 227
Part Three. The University
From Socrates' Apology to Heidegger's Rektoratsrede 243
Tocqueville on Democratic Intellectual Life Page 246
The Relation Between Thought and Civil Society Page 256
The Philosophic Experience Page 268
The Enlghtenment Transformation Page 284
Swift's Doubts Page 293
Rousseau's Radicalization and the German University Page 298
The Sixties Page 313
The Students and the University Page 336
Liberal Education Page 336
The Decomposition of the University Page 347
The Disciplines Page 356
Conclusion Page 380
Index Page 383

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973.72 B

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Hardcover
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392 p.
Number of pages
392

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OL22215896M

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