Allan Bloom

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Allan Bloom was an American political philosopher and classicist best known for his critique of contemporary higher education in his influential book "The Closing of the American Mind."

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instanceOf classicist
human
political philosopher
university teacher
causeOfDeath AIDS-related complications
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1930-09-14
dateOfDeath 1992-10-07
doctoralAdvisor Leo Strauss
educatedAt University of Chicago
École Normale (Paris)
surface form: École Normale Supérieure
employer Cornell University
Tel Aviv University
University of Chicago
University of Toronto
Yale University
familyName Bloom
fieldOfWork classics
education theory
history of political thought
political philosophy
genre educational criticism
political philosophy
givenName Allan
influenced contemporary conservative thought in the United States
debates on higher education in the United States
influencedBy Aristotle
Friedrich Nietzsche
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Leo Strauss
Plato
Socrates
knownFor Straussian interpretation of classical texts
critique of contemporary higher education
defense of the Western canon
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Straussianism
name Allan Bloom self-link
nationality American
notableWork Giants and Dwarfs: Essays, 1960–1990
Love and Freindship
surface form: Love and Friendship

Shakespeare’s Politics
The Closing of the American Mind
The Republic of Plato (translation and interpretation)
occupation author
philosopher
translator
university professor
placeOfBirth Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
surface form: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States
religion Judaism
sexOrGender male

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Alexandre Kojève influenced Allan Bloom
Leo Strauss influenced Allan Bloom
Bloom hasNotableBearer Allan Bloom
Western canon hasKeyFigureInDebate Allan Bloom
Allan Bloom name Allan Bloom self-link