The Closing of the American Mind

Since its publication the most prestigious universities in America have seen a continual and ever more rapid decline in what little seriousness, depth, and intellectual discipline was left in them. This is true for both the students and especially the faculty.  The best European universities have followed down America's path, unable to resist the strength of its influence and gushes towards all fashionable innovations. Such conflicts as Philosophy/Revelation, or the grave questions about the deleterious effects of fanatical egalitarianism can hardly be appreciated. Candid discussions about the relations between the sexes have become nearly impossible or even dangerous as a result of a persistant and insidious soft moralism.

His writing displays his profound depth of knowledge and his style has emotional tenor unrivaled in the subject he painfully disrobes. Bloom forces seminal questions to the western salon and the academics and teachers that are its foundation.