Alan Bloom's "The Closing of the American Mind" [microform] : Two Perspectives / Maxine Greene and William Birenbaum.
This colloquium report contains two papers that present perspectives on the book, "The Closing of the American Mind," by Allan Bloom. The first paper, by Maxine Greene, covers the book's philosophy. It asserts that the book deals with issues of American literacy on a superficial level...
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| 520 | |a This colloquium report contains two papers that present perspectives on the book, "The Closing of the American Mind," by Allan Bloom. The first paper, by Maxine Greene, covers the book's philosophy. It asserts that the book deals with issues of American literacy on a superficial level, and actually is more concerned with refuting points of view such as feminism, cultural relativism, and philosophies influenced by Nietzsche and Dewey. It questions Bloom's definition of "closing" in the title and shows that his idea of the open mind seems to flourish best in a closed society. She proposes that those concerned with public education and democracy must reject the premises of the book. The second paper, by William Birenbaum, points out the vast differences between education in Plato's"Republic", which Bloom offers as a model, and education in twentieth century America. The differences are noted in the material sense and even more so in the values to which American society is committed. A series of questions about the nature and desirability of liberal education is posed. The book is described as a provocative class session for reactionaries and would-be reformers to find methods of reopening the collective mind in the consideration of the future of the United States. (VM) | ||
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