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

0536101 - ÚSD 2021 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
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
Institutional support: RVO:68378114
Keywords : science diplomacy * soft power * international relations * imperialism * decolonization
OECD category: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Impact factor: 1.162, year: 2020
Method of publishing: 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.
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