Allan Bloom

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Category: Straussians

From Straussian.net:

Allan Bloom (1930-1992) - Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago; The most famous student of (Leo) Strauss, primarily because of his best-selling book The Closing of the American Mind. Bloom studied under Strauss at Chicago, and taught at Cornell University, the University of Toronto and, like Strauss, on the Committee on Social Thought at Chicago. Author of many books, including Love and Friendship, Giants and Dwarfs, and Shakespeare's Politics.

Students

Bloom's students include:

• Peter J. Ahrensdorf: Professor, Davidson College
• Wayne H. Ambler: Professor, University of Colorado
• Charles F. Fairbanks, Jr.: Professor, Johns Hopkins University; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
• Steven Forde: Professor, University of North Texas
• Henry H. Higuera: Professor, St. John's College, Annapolis
• Alan Keyes: conservative commentator, unsuccessful Senate and presidential candidate
• Carnes Lord: Professor, Tufts University
• Arthur Meltzer: Professor, [[Michigan State University]
• James H. Nichols, Jr.: Professor, Claremont McKenna College
• Michael Palmer: Professor, University of Maine
• Nathan Tarcov: Professor, University of Chicago