Cornell Journal of Architecture 11: Fear (The Cornell Journal of Architecture)

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Anthropologists tell us that fear is an innate trait among most primate species, a principal aspect of learning-to-survive. At the same time, most of us primates seem equally adept at learning new fears, fears that are perhaps irrational and non-productive, and frequently enflamed by manipulative parties among our own species. Oddly, despite our theme, this may prove to be the most optimistic Cornell Journal of all. An awareness of fear has been known to inspire invention, imagination, and substantial change. Is the opposite of fearful―fearlessness perhaps?―a form of belligerence or ignorance, or is it found in determination or courage?―or is it perhaps a type of calm?―or of knowledge? Herein are some attempts at dispelling some of these fears.

About the Author

Val Warke is an Associate Professor in Architecture at Cornell University and Editor-in-Chief of the current Cornell Journal of Architecture. His teaching and research focus have been on criticism and genre theory, with interests in issues of fashion, formalism, populism, reception, and relations to literary theory. He has been published in a number of journals, and written a number of essays and texts on the work of Morphosis. His most recent books have included The Language of Architecture, co-written with Andrea Simitch, as well as collaboration with U.C.L.A.’s Now Institute for the publication of 100 Buildings: 1900-2000.