Searching for a Cultural Diplomacy

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-78238-079-5
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 407 g

Reihe: Explorations in Culture and International History

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gienow-Hecht, Jessica C. E.

Donfried, Mark C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

List of Contributors

Introduction: Searching for a Cultural Diplomacy

Introduction: What Are We Searching For? Culture, Diplomacy, Agents and the State

Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht

The Model of Cultural Diplomacy: Power, Distance, and the Promise of Civil Society

Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht and Mark C. Donfried

Part I. Cultural Relations and the Soviet Union

Chapter 1. VOKS: The Third Dimension of Soviet Foreign Policy

Jean François Fayet

Chapter 2. Mission Impossible? Selling Soviet Socialism to Americans, 1955-1958

Rosa Magnusdottir

Part II. Cultural Diplomacy in Eastern Europe

Chapter 3. Hungarian Cultural Diplomacy between 1957 and 1963 -- Echoes of Western Cultural Activity in a Communist Country

Anikó Macher

Chapter 4. Catholics in Ostpolitik? Networking and Non-State Diplomacy in the Bensberger Polen-Memorandum, 1966-1970

Annika Friedberg

Part III. Cultural Diplomacy in the Middle East

Chapter 5. International Rivalry and Culture in Syria and Lebanon under the French Mandate

Jennifer Dueck

Chapter 6. The United States and the Limits of Cultural Diplomacy in the Arab Middle East, 1945-1957

James R. Vaughan

Part IV. Civil Society and Cultural Diplomacy in Japan

Chapter 7. Difficulties Faced by Japanese Who Tried to Interpret Japanese for the Foreign Audience

Yuzo Ota

Chapter 8. Germany in Europe, Japan and Asia: National Commitments to Cultural Relations within Regional Frameworks

Maki Aoki-Okabe, Toichi Makita, and Yoko Kawamura

Über Autor(innen)

Gienow-Hecht, Jessica C. E.
Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht is Professor of History at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at the Free University of Berlin.

Donfried, Mark C.
Mark C. Donfried is the founder and director of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization based in New York City. He is currently based at the ICD European Headquarters in Berlin, where he also holds a Visiting Professorship at Humboldt University. His current research and publishing focuses on civil society–based cultural diplomacy.

Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht is Professor of History at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at the Free University of Berlin.