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Searching for a Cultural Diplomacy / ed. by Mark C. Donfried, Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Explorations in Culture and International History ; 6Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (278 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781845457464
  • 9781845459949
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  • 327.1
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Introduction SEARCHING FOR A CULTURAL DIPLOMACY -- WHAT ARE WE SEARCHING FOR? Culture, Diplomacy, Agents, and the State -- THE MODEL OF CULTURAL DIPLOMACY Power, Distance, and the Promise of Civil Society -- Part I CULTURAL RELATIONS AND THE SOVIET UNION -- Chapter 1 VOKS The Third Dimension of Soviet Foreign Policy -- Chapter 2 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? Selling Soviet Socialism to Americans, 1955–1958 -- Part II CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN CENTRAL EUROPE -- Chapter 3 HUNGARIAN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY, 1957–1963 Echoes of Western Cultural Activity in a Communist Country -- Chapter 4 CATHOLICS IN OSTPOLITIK? Networking and Nonstate Diplomacy in the Bensberger Memorandum, 1966–1970 -- Part III CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- Chapter 5 INTERNATIONAL RIVALRY AND CULTURE IN SYRIA AND LEBANON UNDER THE FRENCH MANDATE -- Chapter 6 THE UNITED STATES AND THE LIMITS OF CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN THE ARAB MIDDLE EAST, 1945–1957 -- Part IV CIVIL SOCIETY AND CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN JAPAN -- Chapter 7 DIFFICULTIES FACED BY NATIVE JAPAN INTERPRETERS Nitobe Inazô (1862–1933) and His Generation -- Chapter 8 “GERMANY IN EUROPE”, “JAPAN AND ASIA” National Commitments to Cultural Relations within Regional Frameworks -- INDEX
Summary: Recent studies on the meaning of cultural diplomacy in the twentieth century often focus on the United States and the Cold War, based on the premise that cultural diplomacy was a key instrument of foreign policy in the nation’s effort to contain the Soviet Union. As a result, the term “cultural diplomacy” has become one-dimensional, linked to political manipulation and subordination and relegated to the margin of diplomatic interactions. This volume explores the significance of cultural diplomacy in regions other than the United States or “western” countries, that is, regions that have been neglected by scholars so far—Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. By examining cultural diplomacy in these regions, the contributors show that the function of information and exchange programs differs considerably from area to area depending on historical circumstances and, even more importantly, on the cultural mindsets of the individuals involved.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Introduction SEARCHING FOR A CULTURAL DIPLOMACY -- WHAT ARE WE SEARCHING FOR? Culture, Diplomacy, Agents, and the State -- THE MODEL OF CULTURAL DIPLOMACY Power, Distance, and the Promise of Civil Society -- Part I CULTURAL RELATIONS AND THE SOVIET UNION -- Chapter 1 VOKS The Third Dimension of Soviet Foreign Policy -- Chapter 2 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? Selling Soviet Socialism to Americans, 1955–1958 -- Part II CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN CENTRAL EUROPE -- Chapter 3 HUNGARIAN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY, 1957–1963 Echoes of Western Cultural Activity in a Communist Country -- Chapter 4 CATHOLICS IN OSTPOLITIK? Networking and Nonstate Diplomacy in the Bensberger Memorandum, 1966–1970 -- Part III CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- Chapter 5 INTERNATIONAL RIVALRY AND CULTURE IN SYRIA AND LEBANON UNDER THE FRENCH MANDATE -- Chapter 6 THE UNITED STATES AND THE LIMITS OF CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN THE ARAB MIDDLE EAST, 1945–1957 -- Part IV CIVIL SOCIETY AND CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN JAPAN -- Chapter 7 DIFFICULTIES FACED BY NATIVE JAPAN INTERPRETERS Nitobe Inazô (1862–1933) and His Generation -- Chapter 8 “GERMANY IN EUROPE”, “JAPAN AND ASIA” National Commitments to Cultural Relations within Regional Frameworks -- INDEX

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Recent studies on the meaning of cultural diplomacy in the twentieth century often focus on the United States and the Cold War, based on the premise that cultural diplomacy was a key instrument of foreign policy in the nation’s effort to contain the Soviet Union. As a result, the term “cultural diplomacy” has become one-dimensional, linked to political manipulation and subordination and relegated to the margin of diplomatic interactions. This volume explores the significance of cultural diplomacy in regions other than the United States or “western” countries, that is, regions that have been neglected by scholars so far—Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. By examining cultural diplomacy in these regions, the contributors show that the function of information and exchange programs differs considerably from area to area depending on historical circumstances and, even more importantly, on the cultural mindsets of the individuals involved.

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