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The Closing of the American Mind
Cover of the first edition
AuthorAllan Bloom
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHigher education
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
February 1987[1][2]
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)
Pages392
ISBN978-5-551-86868-2
Dewey Decimal
378.0120973
LC ClassLA227.3

The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students is a 1987 book by the philosopher Allan Bloom, in which the author criticizes the openness of relativism, in academia and society in general, as leading paradoxically to the great closing referenced in the book's title. In Bloom's view, openness undermines critical thinking and eliminates the point of view that defines cultures. The book became an unexpected best seller, eventually selling close to half a million copies in hardback.

  1. ^ Adler 2016, p. 19.
  2. ^ Ferguson, Andrew (April 9, 2012). "The Book That Drove Them Crazy". The Weekly Standard. Vol. 17, no. 29. Washington: Clarity Media Group. pp. 28–33. ISSN 1083-3013. Retrieved May 14, 2019.

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