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Copyright © 1987 by Allan Bloom
Foreword copyright © 1987 by Saul Bellow
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Bloom, Allan David, date.
The closing of the American mind.
Includes index.
1. United States—Intellectual life—20th century.
2. Education, Higher—United States—Philosophy.
I. Title.
LA227.3.B584 1987
378'.012'0973—dc20 86-24768
ISBN 0-671-47990-3
ISBN: 978-0-6716-5715-4
eISBN: 978-1-4391-2626-4