Reds in blue : UNESCO, world governance, and the Soviet internationalist imagination /
"his book examines Soviet participation in UNESCO from when the country joined the UN agency in 1954 until the eve of détente in 1967, providing the first analysis of the Soviet reception of the idea of world governance through noncommunist international organizations. Situating the USSR's...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "his book examines Soviet participation in UNESCO from when the country joined the UN agency in 1954 until the eve of détente in 1967, providing the first analysis of the Soviet reception of the idea of world governance through noncommunist international organizations. Situating the USSR's involvement in UNESCO in longer Soviet and Russian internationalist traditions, it tells the story of how the country went from boycotting UNESCO under Josef Stalin to embracing the organization in the years after his death. By doing so, it demonstrates that the Soviet decision to join UNESCO and other noncommunist international organizations in the post-Stalin period amounted to a recognition of the UN system as the legitimate venue for world governance. A result of the converging premises of the UN and the USSR as enlightenment projects for a better world, this endorsement of the UN made the world body a staple in the Soviet internationalist repertoire, enabling Soviet citizens to experiment with utopian visions of world governance, world civic duty, and international community. Soviet white-collar professionals worked for world governance as international civil servants in the UNESCO Secretariat. Members of the Soviet intelligentsia contributed to the international communities made by UNESCO gatherings and collaborative projects. Last, Soviet readers joined international reading publics engendered by UN print culture, creatively engaging with UN ideas as a result. Taken together, these Soviet citizens of the world used the UN to strive for a better future, practicing the dream of one world amid the realities of the Cold War"--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 299 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197656334 0197656331 9780197656310 0197656315 0197656323 9780197656327 |