Who Killed Homer? The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom

From: The Freeman | Date: June 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Over a decade ago, Allan Bloom's explosive book, The Closing of the American Mind, opened the floodgates of criticism of American higher education for perverting its ostensible mission and values. Professors of the humanities, in particular, have been excoriated for behaving like politically correct ideologues and overspecialized self-promoters and careerists rather than teachers and scholars in the traditional sense. Who Killed Homer? presses the attack into that most venerable citadel of the academy: the discipline of classics, which studies the languages and literature of the ancient ...

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