Design and spirituality : a philosophy of material cultures

"Design and Spirituality examines the philosophical context of our current situation and its implications for design. It explores how modernity and our constricted notions of progress have contributed to today's crisis of values, and argues for a re-establishment and re-affirmation of self...

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Main Author: Walker, Stuart , 1955- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge c2021
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300 |a xviii, 314 pages :   |b colour illustrations ;   |c 24 cm. 
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