An archive of anxiety: the papers of E. A. A. Rowse

Adam Page

Planning Perspectives, 2020, vol. 35, issue 6, 1097-1105

Abstract: This archive report discusses the files contained in EAA Rowse’s papers in the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Research Collections. Rowse was a leading figure in planning education in mid-century Britain who is nevertheless somewhat peripheral in the intellectual history of planning. The article gives a brief biographical overview and analyses the key themes present in the archive, namely Rowse’s anxiety about the future and his belief in planning as the only way to avoid a potentially species-ending catastrophe. It contextualizes some of his ideas and examines his conceptualization of the ‘composite mind’ through a close analysis of the various notes and reports in the archive.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/02665433.2020.1781685

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