Introduction: Just Needham to Nixon? On Writing the History of „Science Diplomacy”

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Turchetti, S. - Adamson, M. - Rispoli, G. - Olšáková, Doubravka - Robinson, S.
Introduction: Just Needham to Nixon? On Writing the History of „Science Diplomacy”.
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences. Roč. 50, č. 4 (2020), s. 323-339. ISSN 1939-1811. E-ISSN 1939-182X
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378114
Klíčová slova: science diplomacy * soft power * international relations * imperialism * decolonization
Obor OECD: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Impakt faktor: 1.162, rok: 2020
Způsob publikování: Open access
http://online.ucpress.edu/hsns/article-pdf/50/4/323/413177/hsns.2020.50.4.323.pdf

This introduction examines the growing interest in science diplomacy and the parallel lack of in-depth historical studies on this new concept. In particular, we first show how the recent attention toward science diplomacy has led to a proliferation of hagiographic accounts reflecting the urgency to support its growth rather than truly investigate its ancestry. We then turn to consider how our historical understanding of science diplomacy could be improved, and how this knowledge could equally be of significance to science diplomacy practitioners today.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0313933