The politics of apolitical culture : the Congress for Cultural Freedom, the CIA, and post-war American hegemony / Giles Scott-Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott-Smith, Giles, 1968-

Series:

Routledge/PSA political studies series.

Routledge/PSA political studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Congress for Cultural Freedom. Central Intelligence Agency.

Congress for Cultural Freedom.

Anti-communist movements.

United States.

United States--Relations--Europe.

Europe--Relations--United States.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book analyses a key episode in the cultural Cold War - the formation of the Congress for Cultural Freedom. Whilst the Congress was established to defend cultural values and freedom of expression in the Cold War Struggle, its close association with the CIA later undermined its claims to intellectual independence or non-political autonomy. By examining the formation of the Congress and its early years of existence in relation to broader issues of US-European relations, Giles Scott-Smith reveals a more complex interpretation of the story. The Politics of Apolitical Culture provides an in-depth picture of the various links between the political, economic and cultural realms which led to the Congress. This book analyses a key episode in the cultural Cold War - the formation of the Congress for Cultural Freedom. Whilst the Congress was established to defend cultural values and freedom of expression in the Cold War Struggle, its close association with the CIA later undermined its claims to intellectual independence or non-political autonomy. By examining the formation of the Congress and its early years of existence in relation to broader issues of US-European relations, Giles Scott-Smith reveals a more complex interpretation of the story. The Politics of Apolitical Culture provides an in-depth picture of the various links between the political, economic and cultural realms which led to the Congress.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Approaching the CCF - Gramsci,

culture and the Cold War 1

1 Intellectuals and hegemony 12

2 The political economy of US hegemony 1945-50 33

3 Securing the Pax Americana: overt and covert agendas 58

4 The formation of the Congress for Cultural Freedom 83

5 The search for consensus 1950-2 113

6 The end of ideology and 'the Future of Freedom' 138

Conclusion 160.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-138-67046-4

1-280-02136-5

0-203-47173-3

9780203471739

OCLC:

437076915