Benjamin Barber (1939–2017)
Auteur de Djihad versus McWorld
A propos de l'auteur
Benjamin Reynolds Barber was born in Manhattan, New York on August 2, 1939. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from Grinnell College in 1960 and a master's degree in government in 1963 and a doctorate in 1966 from Harvard University. In 1969, he began teaching political science at afficher plus Rutgers University, where he was the director of the Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy for many years. In 2001, he joined the University of Maryland as the Kekst Professor of Civil Society. He was a political theorist and author. His books included Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age, The Conquest of Politics: Liberal Philosophy in Democratic Times, Jihad vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism Are Reshaping the World, The Truth of Power: Intellectual Affairs in the Clinton White House, Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism and Democracy, If Mayors Ruled the World: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities, and Cool Cities: Urban Sovereignty and the Fix for Global Warming. In addition to his books, Barber was a frequent contributor to several magazines including The Atlantic, Harper's Magazine, and The New York Times. In 1974, he helped found the journal Political Theory, which he edited for the next decade. He coauthored the prize-winning, ten-part PBS/CBC television series The Struggle for Democracy. He died from pancreatic cancer on April 24, 2017 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Benjamin Barber
Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole (2007) 441 exemplaires
Education for democracy : citizenship, community, service : a sourcebook for students and teachers (1993) 11 exemplaires
The Death of Communal Liberty: A History of Freedom in a Swiss Mountain Canton (1974) 11 exemplaires
Si els alcaldes governessin el món: Països disfuncionals, ciutats emergents (Els llibres d'Arcàdia) (Catalan… (2015) 3 exemplaires
Internet, derecho y política : las transformaciones del derecho y la política en 15 artículos (2009) 2 exemplaires
"'The Rum Diary': An Introduction to Hunter S. Thompson’s Esthetic Evolution" [article] Anthropoetics 16:1 1 exemplaire
Philosophie und Politik: Soziale Gerechtigkeit, Neue Antworten in der globalisierten Ökonomie?: VII (2004) 1 exemplaire
Understanding “Occupy” / What Democracy Looks Like 1 exemplaire
Imperium strachu wojna, terroryzm i demokracji 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Demokratia: A Conversation on Democracies, Ancient and Modern (1996) — Contributeur — 29 exemplaires
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- Nom légal
- Barber, Benjamin Reynolds
- Autres noms
- Barber, Benjamin R.
- Date de naissance
- 1939-08-02
- Date de décès
- 2017-04-24
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
- Études
- Grinnell College
Harvard University
Albert Schweitzer College
London School of Economics - Professions
- professor
political theorist - Organisations
- University of Maryland
Demos (distinguished senior fellow) - Prix et distinctions
- Fulbright Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
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Critiques
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The complaint of this book is that because national governments lack the will to engage effectively in issues of global concern we need yet another level of government to act for them.
Not necessarily to fix the governments we have.