The closing of the American mind.
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Bloom, Allan, 1930-1992.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Simon & Schuster, [1987].
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392 pages
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A critique of the intellectual and moral confusions of this age argues that the social/political crisis of twentieth-century America is actually an intellectual crisis, and shows how American democracy has hosted ideas of nihilism, despair, and relativism disguised as tolerance.

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Education, Higher -- Philosophy.
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A critique of the intellectual and moral confusions of this age argues that the social/political crisis of twentieth-century America is actually an intellectual crisis, and shows how American democracy has hosted ideas of nihilism, despair, and relativism disguised as tolerance.
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Bloom, A. (1987). The closing of the American mind. [Place of publication not identified], Simon & Schuster.

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Bloom, Allan, 1930-1992. 1987. The Closing of the American Mind. [Place of publication not identified], Simon & Schuster.

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Bloom, Allan, 1930-1992, The Closing of the American Mind. [Place of publication not identified], Simon & Schuster, 1987.

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Bloom, Allan. The Closing of the American Mind. [Place of publication not identified], Simon & Schuster, 1987.

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