Designs for the pluriverse : radical interdependence, autonomy, and the making of worlds /

Escobar, Arturo, 1951-

Designs for the pluriverse : radical interdependence, autonomy, and the making of worlds / Arturo Escobar. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2018. - xxi, 290 pages ; 22 cm. - New ecologies for the twenty-first century . - New ecologies for the twenty-first century. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-280) and index.

Design for the real world, but which 'world'?, what 'design'?, what 'real'? -- Out of the studio and into the flow of socio-natural life -- Elements for the cultural studies of design -- The ontological reorientation of design -- In the background of our culture: rationalism, ontological dualism, and relationality -- Outline of ontological design -- Designs for the pluriverse -- Design for transitions -- Autonomous design and the politics of relationality and the communal.

9780822370901 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780822371052 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Design--Anthropological aspects.
Design--Environmental aspects.
Design--Human factors.
Design--Social aspects.

NK1520 / .E83 2018