Allan Bloom
Allan Bloom · Philosophy & Social Sciences
American philosopher, author of 'The Closing of the American Mind'
1930, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA — 1992, Chicago, Illinois, USA
United States
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Allan Bloom was an American political philosopher and translator of Plato and Rousseau who taught at Cornell, Toronto and the University of Chicago. His 1987 book 'The Closing of the American Mind' became an unexpected best-seller and a landmark critique of higher education and cultural relativism. He was born into an American Jewish family.
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American philosopher, author of 'The Closing of the American Mind'
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