Postwar anti-racism: the United States, UNESCO, and "race," 1945-1968

This book explores the discourse and practice of anti-racism in the first twodecades following World War II. At its heart, the project seeks to uncover the specific ways scientific and cultural discourses of 'race' continued to circulate in the early period of contemporary globalization. The United Nations and its specialized agency, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) led the international articulation and practice of anti-racism in the postwar period. Concomitant with its rise to global hegemonydirectly following World War II, the United States held control over the financial and political aspects of UNESCO operations from 1945 through the late 1960s. Uncovering the shift in power within UNESCO in the early 1960s, the book project also traces shifts in the politics of anti-racism and the scientific discourse of 'race' through the late 1960s. INDICE: Early Postwar Anti-Racism: UNESCO in the 1940s. Science and Politics: UNESCO Studies 'Race'. UNESCO under Fire: Anti-Communism and Anti-Racism. Anti-Racism and Orientalism. Movement and Momentum: UNESCO in the Early 1960s.Radicalization and the Collapse of Postwar Anti-Racism.

• ISBN: 978-1-1370-0383-6
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 13/09/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido