Fonds - Archives of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (ICPHS)

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Archives of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (ICPHS)

Date(s)

  • 1940s - 1980s (Production)

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Étendue matérielle et support

160 boxes

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Nom du producteur

(1948-)

Histoire administrative

In September 1947 Julian Huxley, the first Director-General of UNESCO, decided to ask a group of experts from different countries and from different fields of knowledge to investigate how UNESCO could comply with the duties laid down by its constitution in the domain of humanistic studies.
The preparatory committee of a common organism for humanistic studies met in 1948. Its task was to define the relationship of the organism-to-be with UNESCO, and its aims were to keep ICPHS's autonomy, to concentrate on tasks of international interest and insure that its character remained strictly scientific. The composition of the Council was to guarantee its Non-Governmental (NGO) nature.
The first general assembly of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies met in January 1949. A supporting organ for a multi-disciplinary and international vocation, ICPHS was conceived as the intermediary between UNESCO on one hand, and learned societies and national academies on the other. Its aim was to extend UNESCO's action in the domain of humanistic studies.
Among its initial activities, in 1949, a first analysis of national-socialism was prefaced by ICPHS's first president, Jaques Rueff. This collective study had been prescribed in 1948 by the UNESCO General Conference, but had met with reticences about its publication.
Its status of non-gouvernemental organisation in UNESCO granted the advantage of freeing it from sometimes insurmontable political matters. Hence scientists from countries that were not represented at UNESCO could make themselves heard and be kept informed of worldwide works thanks to ICPHS.

Histoire archivistique

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

Official document, inactive correspondence files and publications of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies

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Accroissements

Further accruals possible

Mode de classement

Not arranged and indexed

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Conditions d’accès

Without restriction

Conditions de reproduction

Without restriction

Langue des documents

  • anglais
  • français

Écriture des documents

Notes sur la langue et l'écriture

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

Paper files

Instruments de recherche

No inventory available

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Ébauche

Niveau de détail

Moyen

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Created by Julia Pohle, August 2009.

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