The closing of the American mind : [how higher education has failed democracy and impoverished the souls of today's students]
Record details
- ISBN: 9781451683202
- ISBN: 1451683200
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Physical Description:
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402 pages ; 22 cm - Edition: 25th anniversary ed. ; Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.
- Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 2012, ©1987.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Subtitle from cover. Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / Saul Bellow -- Preface -- Introduction : Our virtue -- Part I : Students. The clean slate ; Books ; Music ; Relationships -- Part II : Nihilism, American style. The German connection ; Two revolutions and two states of nature ; The self ; Creativity ; Culture ; Values ; The Nietzcheanization of the Left or vice versa ; Our ignorance -- Part III : The university. From Socrates' Apology to Heideggar's Rektoratsrede ; The Sixties ; The student and the university -- Afterword / Andrew Ferguson. |
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Subject: | Education, Higher United States Philosophy Education, Humanistic United States Education, Higher Political aspects United States United States Intellectual life 20th century |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | LA 227.3 .B56 2012 | 30775305523780 | General Collection | Available | - |