According to this:

- Bloom notes that pop music gives modern students a sense of rebellion and political sophistication when in fact they are being manipulated by corporations. He sees this as a symptom of the closing of their minds—students no longer come to school
seeking wisdom.

https://www.supersummary.com/the-closing-of-the-american-mind/summary/

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gggg gggg wrote:

According to this:

- Bloom notes that pop music gives modern students a sense of rebellion and political sophistication when in fact they are being manipulated by corporations. He sees this as a symptom of the closing of their minds—students no longer come to school

seeking wisdom.

https://www.supersummary.com/the-closing-of-the-american-mind/summary/

"Ambition, he argues, has replaced any search for truth."

This is exactly the same thing that Plato militated against in the
relativism of his own day, 2,500 years ago: sophists who taught both
sides of an argument, selling rhetoric instead of understanding.

Ed

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On Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 1:32:08 AM UTC-10, Ed Cryer wrote:

gggg gggg wrote:

According to this:

- Bloom notes that pop music gives modern students a sense of rebellion and political sophistication when in fact they are being manipulated by corporations. He sees this as a symptom of the closing of their minds—students no longer come to school

seeking wisdom.

https://www.supersummary.com/the-closing-of-the-american-mind/summary/

"Ambition, he argues, has replaced any search for truth."

This is exactly the same thing that Plato militated against in the relativism of his own day, 2,500 years ago: sophists who taught both
sides of an argument, selling rhetoric instead of understanding.

Ed

(TV programs that mention Bloom's book):

https://www.c-span.org/search/basic/?query=%22allan+bloom%22

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