This book focusses on Russia’s cultural statecraft in dealing with a number of institutional cultural domains such as education, museums and monuments, high arts and sport. It analyses to what extent ...Russia’s cultural activities abroad have been used for foreign policy purposes, and perceived as having a political dimension. Building on the concept of cultural statecraft, the authors present a broad and nuanced view of how Russia sees the role of culture in its external relations, how this shapes the image of Russia, and the ways in which this cultural statecraft is received by foreign audiences. The expert team of contributors consider: what choices are made in fostering this agenda; how Russian state authorities see the purpose and limits of various cultural instruments; to what extent can the authorities shape these instruments; what domains have received more attention and become more politicised and what fields have remained more autonomous. The methodological research design of the book as a whole is a comparative case study comparing the nature of Russian cultural statecraft across time, target countries and diverse cultural domains. It will be of interest to scholars and students of Russian foreign policy and external relations and those working on the role of culture in world politics.
his book examines the role of civilizations in the context of the existing and possible world orders from a cross-cultural and inter-disciplinary perspective. It seeks to clarify the meaning of such ...complex and contested notions as “civilization,” “order,” and “world order” by taking into account political, economic, cultural, and philosophical dimensions of social life
Culture and International Relations contextually re-examines the history of international relations in order to explore how the discipline has imported and employed the concept of culture. The author ...challenges the notion that IR has only been interested in culture since the end of the Cold War by tracing different understandings of culture throughout its history.
1. The Civilizing Mission of Culture 2. Cultural Internationalism 3. The Ever Disappearing Native 4. The Nationalization of Culture 5. International Cultural Society 6. Strategies, Civilizations & Difference Conclusion: Fates and Futures
Including a thorough literature review and a number of case studies referred to cultural institutions and organisations, this book sheds light on different usages of culture as a source of soft ...power. Through an innovative and interdisciplinary approach, it addresses issues tackled in international cultural relations, intellectual history, comparative literature, sociology of literature and global literary studies.
The governor-general's traditional role, as the monarch's representative in New Zealand, has focused on constitutional, ceremonial and community leadership domestically. But more recently an ...international role has emerged. Described as 'promotion of New Zealand's identity and sovereignty as an independent nation', it involves representing New Zealand values and culture to the wider world. The prime minister and the government of the day determine the nature of overseas travel by the governor-general, but over the past 18 months closed borders due to the Covid-19 pandemic have had a significant impact on the opportunities to fulfil the international aspects of the role.
This book is a protest against some geopolitical agendas that are pushing the world toward a major global war and possibly toward a nuclear apocalypse. As an antidote, Fred Dallmayr issues a call to ...people everywhere to oppose this rush to destruction and to restore the "wholeness of humanity" through the quest for just peace.
I'd like to start by acknowledging that we're on Gadigal country and pay my respects to elders past and present. It's a great honour to be in front of such an illustrious audience and, as we've ...already heard, the need for the conversation that we're having has never been greater. We wake up to learn that there are over a million people in rental stress in Australia today, a result of unemployment, rental increases and housing stress. And, of course, we live in a world where we can see before us the environmental and climate issues, particularly in northern Australia at the moment with unprecedented fires. We had unprecedented fires on the south coast of NSW in October, never seen before, and we're entering into a summer that will be one of our hottest, the continuing trend of extreme climate.
The terrorist attacks in New York and Washington have led to popular conceptions of Muslims as terrorists. Some commentators have harked back to the 'Clash of Civilizations' argument outlined by ...Samuel Huntington which has become a touchstone in postcolonial studies. Huntington argued that, after the collapse of the Cold War, culture would become the main axis of conflict for civilizational alliances. Mark Salter takes issue with Huntington's theory and explains how the terms of his argument are part of an imperialist discourse that casts other civilizations as essentially barbarian. Although many commentators have engaged with Huntington's claims, few have pursued the political implications of his argument. Barbarians and Civilisation offers a decisive exploration of the colonial rhetoric inherent in current political discourse. Charting the usefulness of concepts of culture and identity for understanding world politics, Salter brilliantly illustrates the benefits and the limitations of the civilized/barbarian dichotomy in international relations.
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