And How, Brother
Posted by Zach Wendling on 10 August 2008 | no responses
Kevin Drum strikes a chord:
For reasons I can’t really explain, a couple of days ago I picked up Allan Bloom’s Closing of the American Mind and started reading it. Ugh. What a whiny, petulant little book it turned out to be. Did people really take it seriously when it was first published? Am I not giving it a proper chance by giving up after a hundred pages? Did it seem more relevant in 1987 than in 2008? Or what?
My previous thoughts on CotAM here. I have since found more rewarding ways to make myself feel stupid.
