|
" Giants and dwarfs : "
Allan Bloom.
| Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
879403
|
| Main Entry
|
:
|
Bloom, Allan,1930-1992.
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
Giants and dwarfs : : essays, 1960-1990 /\ Allan Bloom.
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
London :: Simon and Schuster,, ©1991, ©1990.
|
| Page. NO
|
:
|
395 pages ;; 24 cm
|
| ISBN
|
:
|
0671707779
|
|
|
:
|
: 0671747266
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780671707774
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780671747268
|
| Notes
|
:
|
Originally published: 1990.
|
| Bibliographies/Indexes
|
:
|
Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-389) and index.
|
| Contents
|
:
|
Giants and dwarfs : an outline of Gulliver's travels -- Political philosophy and poetry -- On Christian and Jew : The Merchant of Venice -- Richard II -- Hipparchus or The Profiteer -- Political philosopher in democratic society : the Socratic view -- Ion or On the Iliad -- Interpretation of Plato's Ion -- Aristophanes and Socrates : a response to Hall Emile -- Rousseau : the turning point -- Leo Strauss : September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973 -- Raymond Aron : the last of the liberals -- Alexandre Kojève -- Commerce and "culture" -- Study of texts -- Justice : John Rawls versus the tradition of political philosophy -- Crisis of liberal education -- Democratization of the university.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Books and reading.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Books and reading.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Intellectual life.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
United States, Intellectual life, 20th century.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
United States.
|
| Dewey Classification
|
:
|
028.90973
|
| LC Classification
|
:
|
Z1003.B66 1991
|
| |