The Closing of the American Mind

The Closing of the American Mind How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy And Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students

Paperback (13 Dec 1990)

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Publisher's Synopsis

'WHETHER OR NOT ONE AGREES WITH ITS CONCLUSIONS, THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND IS AN INDISPENSABLE GUIDE FOR DISCUSSION, NOT A MERE SKIMMING OF THE TRADITION, BUT A COMPLETELY ARTICULATED, HISTORICALLY ACCURATE SUMMARY, A TRUSTWORTHY RESUME OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HIGHER MENTAL LIFE IN THE DEMOCRATIC U.S.A.' - SAUL BELLOW first published 1987 (us): author died 1992.

Book information

ISBN: 9780140146820
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Books
Pub date:
Number of pages: 400
Weight: 491g
Height: 215mm
Width: 134mm
Spine width: 30mm