Crossing the Postmodern Divide [Paperback] Borgmann, Albert

Albert Borgmann argues that we're living through a cultural shift as profound as the one that separated the medieval from the modern world — and we're stumbling through it blind. This isn't another hand-wringing lament about technology or nostalgia trip for simpler times. Borgmann, a philosopher at the University of Montana, makes a sharp diagnosis: postmodernism's emphasis on irony, fragmentation, and surfaces has left us adrift, disconnected from real engagement with the world. But he also offers a way forward — what he calls "focal practices," moments where we genuinely connect with things, people, and traditions. Whether you're interested in philosophy, cultural criticism, or just trying to make sense of why everything feels so disorienting, this is dense but rewarding territory. For readers who found *Amusing Ourselves to Death* compelling but want something more philosophically rigorous.