In 1987 critic Allan Bloom wrote a bestseller about "The Closing of" this
[DOC] [TLE] Allan Bloom, Critic of Universities, Is Dead at 62 - NYTimes.com [PAR] Oct 8, 1992 ... Allan Bloom, the professor of political philosophy whose book on American ... "
The Closing of the American Mind," (Simon & Schuster, 1987) transformed him ... 
1 on The New York Times' best-seller list for 10 weeks and has sold more than ...