The Closing of the American Mind Author:Allan Bloom The Closing of the American Mind, a publishing phenomenon in hardcover, is now a paperback literary event. In this acclaimed number one national best-seller, one of our country's most distinguished political philosophers argues that the social/political crisis of 20th-century America is really an intellectual crisis. Allan Bloom's sweeping analy... more »sis is essential to understanding America today. It has fired the imagination of a public ripe for change.« less