Cultural cold wars and UNESCO in the twentieth century / W. John Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, W. John, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 12.

Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Unesco--History--20th century.

Unesco.

Culture conflict--History--20th century.

Culture conflict.

International cooperation--20th century.

International cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 pages).

Other Title:

Cultural cold wars and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in the twentieth century

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.

Biography/History:

W. John Morgan is Professor Emeritus at the School of Education, University of Nottingham, where he was UNESCO Chair of the Political Economy of Education. He is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Jordan and until recently was Honorary Professor and Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow, Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data, Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, of the Learned Society of Wales, and of the Royal Historical Society, he has also been a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner for the United Kingdom and Chairman of the United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO. His previously published works with Routledge include Civil Society, Social Change, and a New Popular Education in Russia (with I.N. Trofimova and G.A. Kliucharev), Philosophy, Dialogue, and Education: Nine modern European philosophers (with A. Guilherme), Buber and Education: Dialogue as conflict resolution (with A. Guilherme), Chinese Higher Education Reform and Social Justice (edited, with B. Wu), and Higher Education Reform in China: Beyond the expansion (edited, with B. Wu).

Contents:

Part One: Cultural Cold Wars

Cultural and intellectual internationalism between the wars

The first Cultural Cold War: international communism

The cultural and intellectual appeal of fascism

From wartime alliance to the second Cultural Cold War

Part Two: UNESCO and the Cultural Cold War

UNESCO and the politics of international cooperation after

UNESCO and the early Cultural Cold War

Conclusion: UNESCO and the politics of ideas in the late twentieth century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 26, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Morgan, W. John. Cultural cold wars and UNESCO in the twentieth century

ISBN:

9781040145302

1040145302

9781040145265

1040145264

9780367859961

0367859963

Publisher Number:

40032530861

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