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Engl. Zsfassung

In the mid 30' the Austrian architect Bernard Rudofsky (1905-1988) built, in Italy and in Brazil, a number of hauses that the critics defined as the best modern houses ever built. In 1941 he moved to the USA. In New York, working at MoMA, he organized some important exhibitions such as Architecture Without Architects and in 1958, commisioned by the government, the Cultural Exhibitions at the Brussel's World Fair. Despite those important results nonetheless, his work and thought were at the time hardly recognized by any Modern Architecture History book. The aim of my essay is to illustrate the causes of such unfair destiny which delivered his work and thought to oblivion for such a long time. ; L'architetto austriaco Bernard Rudofsky (1905-1988) tra gli anni '30 e '40 costruisce, prima in Italia e poi in Brasile, alcune case che la critica definisce tra le più belle costruzioni moderne in fatto di ville. Stabilitosi negli USA nel 1941, entra a far parte dell'organico del MoMA curando alcune celebri mostre tra cui Architecture Without Architects. In seguito, nel 1958 viene coinvolto dal governo americano nell'organizzazione delle Cultural Exhibitions alla Brussel's World Fair. Nonostante questi risultati prestigiosi, l'opera e il pensiero dell'architetto austriaco non sono contemplati nei testi di storia dell'architettura moderna. Scopo del saggio è illustrare le motivazioni di una condizione anomala che ha consegnato a un lungo oblio l'opera e il pensiero di Bernard Rudofsky.

Deception, which involves the conscious misrepresentation by Deceiver of his preferences to Deceived in a game of incomplete information, is analyzed in 2 × 2 games in which the preferences of players are strictly ordered. The 78 distinct 2 × 2 games are divided into three mutually exclusive classes: 1. Deception-proof (27 percent): Not susceptible to deception by either player. 2. Deception-stable (51 percent): While susceptible to deception by at least one player, neither player can ensure himself of a better outcome through deception. 3. Deception-vulnerable (tacit) (22 percent): At least one player can ensure himself of a better outcome only through deception. In addition, a fourth class of games (35 percent of total). which cuts across classes 2 and 3 above, are shown to be vulnerable to Deceiver who "reveals" himself in the play of a game. Several theorems that characterize and interrelate the four classes and eleven finer categories of 2 × 2 games are proved. The theory is applied to the analysis of the Cuban missile crisis, in which it is suggested that the United States might, paradoxically, have benefited from being deceived by the Soviet Union.