The Link Between Knowledge and Power in Cold War: A Study of Experience of Networking of Intellectuals by U.S.
Volume 22, Issue 83, Spring 2019, Pages 123-166
Fouad Izadi, Mohammad Shad
Abstract The studies conducted as part of this article show that the network of intellectuals created by the United States during the Cold War realized the ineffectiveness of a hardline and negative approach to opinions of the left and moved to provide an internal reading of it as the "non-communist left" by adopting a soft and affirmative attitude, while recognizing this orientation. By developing and supporting this idea, which transforms communism within itself and criticizes it while epistemically belonging to the left's ideology, this network promoted an alternative model that served the political purpose of institutions of power and their funders, namely curbing the influence of the Soviet Union, while undermining the foundations of the legitimacy of eastern European governments.