Ep. 192: “The Closing of the American Mind”: Allan Bloom on Education (Part One)

from The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast · host Mark Linsenmayer

On Allan Bloom's 1987 best-selling polemic. What is the role of the university in our democracy? Bloom thinks that today's students are conformist, relativistic, and nihilistic, and that great books and thinking for thinking's sake are the cure. Continued on part 2, or get the unbroken, ad-free Citizen Edition now, plus an exclusive follow-up discussion. Please support PEL! The post Ep. 192: “The Closing of the American Mind”: Allan Bloom on Education (Part One) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.

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