Crossing the Postmodern Divide

Borgmann, Albert

ISBN 10: 0226066266 / ISBN 13: 9780226066264

Published by University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1992

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Very Good/Good condition. First edition, later printing. DJ has closed two cuts on back.; 9 X 6.20 X 0.80 inches.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Crossing the Postmodern Divide
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226066266
• ISBN 13: 9780226066264
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
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Synopsis

In this eloquent guide to the meanings of the postmodern era, Albert Borgmann charts the options before us as we seek alternatives to the joyless and artificial culture of consumption. Borgmann connects the fundamental ideas driving his understanding of society's ills to every sphere of contemporary social life, and goes beyond the language of postmodern discourse to offer a powerfully articulated vision of what this new era, at its best, has in store.

"[This] thoughtful book is the first remotely realistic map out of the post modern labyrinth."—Joseph Coates, The Chicago Tribune

"Rather astoundingly large-minded vision of the nature of humanity, civilization and science."—Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Albert Borgmann is Regents Professor of Philosophy at the University of Montana. He is the author of Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life, Crossing the Postmodern Divide, and Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium, all published by the University of Chicago Press.