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ERIC Number: EJ403180
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Bloom's Idiosyncratic History of the University.
Lawler, Peter Augustine
Teaching Political Science, v16 n4 p174-79 Sum 1989
Analyzes "The Idiosyncratic History of the University," a chapter in Allan Bloom's "The Closing of the American Mind". Focuses on Bloom's history of the university as explained through Socrates' philosophy. Concentrates on the role of philosophers in society past and present. Discusses the Enlightenment, Existentialism, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Machiavelli. (RW)
Descriptors: Educational History, Ethics, Higher Education, History, Ideology, Moral Issues, Moral Values, Philosophy, Universities, Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Book/Product Reviews
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Bloom (Allan); Closing of the American Mind