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Title: A point not taken
Review: (...)He brings forth some perfectly valid and intelligent points, but by the end of it, I had to ask myself, "so what?" Bloom tells us we need to control new forms of popular entertainment, and even abolish some of it in order to provide only pure, moral art and entertainment that stimulates the intellect rather than lustful and dishonest emotions.I concur with this reviwer and want to add that Allan Bloom needs to take close look at the literature that he espouses as being some of the most enlightened. It is funny how the literature of the West is loaded with lustful imagery from the Bible to the present. Bloom seems to overlook this. If we are to follow the "lessons" of Western literature (whatever they are) then the world is in deep trouble. What he deems as pure, moral art has something to be desired on both fronts. Keep listening to rock n roll and relax or you are going to end up like Bloom and implode.
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