Education and the Cultural Cold War in the Middle East

The Franklin Book Programs in Iran

AvMahdi Ganjavi

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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WINNER OF THE 2023 MIDDLE EAST LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION BOOK AWARD.The Franklin Book Programs (FBP) was a private not-for-profit U.S. organization founded in 1952 during the Cold War and was subsidized by the United States’ government agencies as well as private corporations. The FBP was initially intended to promote U.S. liberal values, combat Soviet influence and to create appropriate markets for U.S. books in ‘Third World’ of which the Middle East was an important part, but evolved into an international educational program publishing university textbooks, schoolbooks, and supplementary readings. In Iran, working closely with the Pahlavi regime, its activities included the development of printing, publishing, book distribution, and bookselling institutions.This book uses archival sources from the FBP, US intelligence agencies and in Iran, to piece together this relationship. Put in the context of wider cultural diplomacy projects operated by the US, it reveals the extent to which the programme shaped Iran’s educational system. Together the history of the FBP, its complex network of state and private sector, the role of U.S. librarians, publishers, and academics, and the joint projects the FBP organized in several countries with the help of national ministries of education, financed by U.S. Department of State and U.S. foundations, sheds new light on the long history of education in imperialist social orders, in the context here of the ongoing struggle for influence in the Cold War.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-02-23
Mått:156 x 234 x 13 mm
Vikt:468 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780755643424

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Kolonialism och imperialism inom Historia och arkeologi

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Mahdi Ganjavi holds a PhD from the University of Toronto, Canada. Ganjavi’s scholarly writings, essays, and reviews have appeared in the International Journal of Lifelong Education, Encyclopedia Iranica, Iranian Studies, Ajam Media, the Bullet, Global Voices, and the Review of Middle East Studies.

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Ganjavi's meticulously researched and compellingly argued new book fills a crucial gap in our understanding of the "Cultural Cold War" as it powerfully scrutinises the decisive role of US soft power and cultural hegemony in the production and reproduction of the imperial mode of living. Moreover, its penetrating and laser-focused exploration of the vicissitudes of the Franklin Book Program are without parallel and prove indispensable to anyone wishing to ascertain a solid grasp of Iran's recent intellectual history.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsA Note on TransliterationList of Abbreviations1. A Cold War History of Books and Education2. Cultural Imperialism: Why Franklin Book Programs Matters3. Franklin Book Programs: Translation, Publications, and Book Distribution during the Cold War4. History and International Evolution of the Franklin Book Programs (1952–77)5. Franklin Book Programs in Iran: Context, Establishment, and Regular Translation Programs6. Franklin Book Programs in Iran: Special Educational Projects, Reactions to the Tehran Branch, and Demise7. The Cold War, Knowledge Production, and the Middle EastAppendix I: The Presidents of the FBP and a List of FBP Local BranchesAppendix II: Local Participation by Civic and Intellectual LeadersReferences

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