{"product_id":"the-hero-of-doubt-isbn-9780262049047","title":"The Hero of Doubt","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first English anthology of the writings of a critical figure in the history of modern architecture in Europe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first English anthology of the writings of the British-Italian architect, editor, critic, and educator Ernesto Rogers (1909–1969), \u003ci\u003eThe Hero of Doubt\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the intellectual power and scope of one of the most influential yet, paradoxically, unrecognized exponents of the modern movement in Europe. These essays, edited by Roberta Marcaccio and newly translated from the Italian, reveal how, more than any other architect of the twentieth century, Rogers positioned himself as a mediator between the heroic generation of the modern masters and the younger intellectuals who went on to shape the contextualist turns of architectural postmodernism in the 1970s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe texts in this volume cover a period of 33 years, from Rogers’s initial adherence to fascism and his subsequent struggle as a Jewish intellectual after the proclamation of the racial purity laws, to his poignant post-war reflections on the issues of reconstruction, the education of the architect and, more broadly, the architect’s role in society. Tracing his nuanced critique of the excesses and inadequacies of both fascism and the utopianism of modernism, the writings show how, over time, Rogers’s ideas resonated through the post-war cultural scene in Italy and beyond. In sum, they fill an obvious lacuna within the history of the modern movement and provide a more layered understanding of postmodernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis project has been made possible by generous grants from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts and the Architectural Association, School of Architecture.Preface: ‘Big Doubts and Little Uncertainties’\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Roberta Marcaccio\u003cbr\u003eThe Many Voices of Ernesto Nathan Rogers\u003cbr\u003eAn Architect for Himself (1957)\u003cbr\u003eA Shared Tongue\u003cbr\u003ePresentation of Degree Projects (1932)\u003cbr\u003eThe Formation of an Architect (1933)\u003cbr\u003eThe Voices of the Anonymous\u003cbr\u003eDear Ernesto (1938–39)\u003cbr\u003eConfessions of a Twentieth-Century Anonymous (1941–42)\u003cbr\u003eRemembering Gian Luigi Banfi (1945)\u003cbr\u003eCatharsis (1946)\u003cbr\u003eThe Editorial Voice\u003cbr\u003eProgramme: Domus, The House of Man (1946)\u003cbr\u003eProblems (1946–47)\u003cbr\u003eReconstruction: From The Useful Object to the City (November 1946)\u003cbr\u003eIn Praise of Tendencies (1946)\u003cbr\u003eParable (1947)\u003cbr\u003eFarewell (1947)\u003cbr\u003eContinuity (1953)\u003cbr\u003ePreexisting Conditions and Issues of Contemporary Building Practice (1955)\u003cbr\u003eOrthodoxy of Heterodoxy (1957)\u003cbr\u003eContinuity or Crisis? (1957)\u003cbr\u003eAt Expo ’58 the Future (Of Architecture) Has Yet to Begin (1958)\u003cbr\u003eThe Evolution of Architecture: Reply To The Keeper of the Frigidaires (1959)\u003cbr\u003ePresentation of Torre Velasca at Ciam ‘59 (1959)\u003cbr\u003eCiam at the Museum (1959)\u003cbr\u003eDiscontinuity or Continuity (1964)\u003cbr\u003eThe Voices of The Generations\u003cbr\u003eDear Dani (1933)\u003cbr\u003eThe ‘I Don’t Agree’ Clan (1949)\u003cbr\u003eWho Are You? (1953)\u003cbr\u003eModern Architecture Since yhe Generation Of Masters (1956)\u003cbr\u003eThe Elements of Architecture (1958)\u003cbr\u003eThe Utopia of Reality (1962)\u003cbr\u003eLe Corbusier (1965)\u003cbr\u003eMan In the Middle\u003cbr\u003eTimeline\u003cbr\u003eAfterword by Joan Ockman\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eList of SourcesRoberta Marcaccio is an educator, editor, and research and communication consultant, whose writing has been featured in books including \u003ci\u003eThe Last Grand Tour\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArchitects After Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReal Estates\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eErasmus Effect\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302620614885,"sku":"NP9780262049047","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262049047.jpg?v=1767739765","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-hero-of-doubt-isbn-9780262049047","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}