The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and

Description: The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom, Andrew Ferguson, Saul Bellow The brilliant, controversial, bestselling critique of American culture that "hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy" (The New York Times)--now featuring a new afterword by Andrew Ferguson in a twenty-fifth anniversary edition. In 1987, eminent political philosopher Allan Bloom published The Closing of the American Mind, an appraisal of contemporary America that "hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy" (The New York Times) and has not only been vindicated, but has also become more urgent today. In clear, spirited prose, Bloom argues that the social and political crises of contemporary America are part of a larger intellectual crisis: the result of a dangerous narrowing of curiosity and exploration by the university elites. Now, in this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, acclaimed author and journalist Andrew Ferguson contributes a new essay that describes why Blooms argument caused such a furor at publication and why our culture so deeply resists its truths today. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Back Cover Business ideas such as continuous improvement, innovative use of IT, competitive advantage, supply chain management, bench-marking and team-based working are forcing managers and workers to be more reflective about the business processes that they are engaged in. This reflection includes the need for enhanced communications between organizational members - sharing mental models that are inherently more complex than two-by-two matrices. However, we all have different mental models of the world around us. This adds to the mess that organizations have to manage. No method or methodology in any discipline is able to offer a complete view of the complexities facing organizations. Each may offer a snapshot that provides insights that are useful for reflection and action. This book proposes that using two or more management science methodologies in the same intervention is likely to produce a richer picture for seeing and understanding the complex web of relationships and interconnectivities which is likely to lead to better decision taking by managers and workers. This is what is meant by multimethodology. In conclusion, the book explores several theoretical and philosophical perspectives on combining methodologies from different paradigms, as well as presenting many actual examples from practice. It will appeal to managers, consultants and researchers - anyone who cares to think about increasing efficiency and effectiveness in organizations. Author Biography Allan Bloom was professor in the Committee on Social Thought and the College and co-director of the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy at the University of Chicago. He taught at Yale, University of Paris, University of Toronto, Tel Aviv University, and Cornell, where he was the recipient of the Clark Teaching Award in 1967. He died in 1992. Table of Contents Contents Foreword by Saul Bellow Preface Introduction: Our Virtue PART ONE. STUDENTS The Clean Slate Boob Music Relationships Self-Centeredness Equality Race Sex Separateness Divorce Love Eros PART TWO. NIHILISM, AMERICAN STYLE The German Connection Two Revolutions and Two States of Nature The Serf Creativity Culture Values The Nietzscheanization of the Left or Vice Versa Our Ignorance PART THREE. THE UNIVERSITY From Socrates Apology to Heideggers Rektoratsrede Tocqueville on Democratic Intellectual Life The Relation Between Thought and Civil Society The Philosophic Experience The Enlightenment Transformation Swifts Doubts Rousseaus Radicalization and the German University The Sixties The Student and the University Liberal Education The Decomposition of the University The Disciplines Conclusion Index Review "Brilliant. . . . No other book combines such shrewd insights into our current state. . . . No other book is at once so lively and so deep, so witty and so thoughtful, so outrageous and so sensible, so amusing and so chilling. . . . An extraordinary book."--William Kristol "The Wall Street Journal" Review Quote The New York Times Remarkable....hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy. Excerpt from Book THE CLEAN SLATE I used to think that young Americans began whatever education they were to get at the age of eighteen, that their early lives were spiritually empty and that they arrived at the university clean slates unaware of their deeper tires and the world beyond their superficial experience. The contrast between them and their European counterparts was set in high relief in the European novels and movies into which we were initiated at the university. The Europeans got most of the culture they were going to get from their homes and their public schools, lyce Details ISBN1451683200 Author Saul Bellow Short Title CLOSING OF THE AMER MIND Publisher Simon & Schuster Language English ISBN-10 1451683200 ISBN-13 9781451683202 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 378 Residence IL, US Death 1992 Year 2012 Edition 25th Publication Date 2012-04-03 Subtitle How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Todays Students Imprint Simon & Schuster Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2012-04-03 NZ Release Date 2012-04-03 US Release Date 2012-04-03 UK Release Date 2012-04-03 Pages 400 Edition Description Reissue ed. Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:44048096;

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