| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 299 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: Really-existing world governance and Soviet socialism -- Part 1. Converging Internationalisms. Dual power in world governance: The USSR out of UNESCO, 1945-1953 -- The key to the whole system: The USSR in UNESCO, 1954-1959 -- Strange bedfellows: The USSR and UNESCO in a changing world, 1960-1967 -- Part 2. Everyday World Governance. "No Neutral Men": Soviet international civil servants and life in the Soviet colony in Paris -- Working for the world: Soviet international civil servants in the UNESCO Secretariat -- Gathering for one world: Soviet participation in UNESCO's international public sphere -- Reading a better world: Soviet participation in UNESCO's reading public -- Conclusion: A university in the air |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed on September 26, 2024) |
| Subject |
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 |
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Unesco -- Soviet Union
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Unesco |
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HISTORY.
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Europe.
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20th Century.
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Modern.
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Diplomatic relations
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Politics & government.
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Politics and Government.
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations.
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Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2023032630 |
| ISBN |
9780197656334 |
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0197656331 |
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9780197656310 |
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0197656315 |
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0197656323 |
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9780197656327 |
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