1st Edition
The Politics of Apolitical Culture The Congress for Cultural Freedom and the Political Economy of American Hegemony 1945-1955
By Giles Scott-Smith
Copyright 2002
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
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Routledge
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This book analyses a key episode in the cultural Cold War - the formation of the Congress for Cultural Freedom. Whilst the Congress was established to defend cultural values and freedom of expression in the Cold War Struggle, its close association with the CIA later undermined its claims to intellectual independence or non-political autonomy. By examining the formation of the Congress and its... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Intellectuals and hegemony; Chapter 3 The political economy of US hegemony 1945–50; Chapter 4 Securing the Pax Americana; Chapter 5 The formation of the Congress for Cultural Freedom; Chapter 6 The search for consensus 1950–2; Chapter 7 The end of ideology and ‘The Future of Freedom’; Chapter 8 Conclusion;
Biography
Michael Moran, Giles Scott-Smith University of Manchester
