Barber j ust beyond the horizon of current events lie two possible political futures both bleak, neither democratic. Mcworld, based on a 1992 article in the atlantic monthly, barber turns from the intellectual threats to his vision of democracy to the socioeconomic ones. How the planet is both falling apart and coming together and what this means for democracy 1995. The questions were in italian and the answers in french. The organizers had seen in barbers book a framework within which to locate matters of social justice alongside the broad and dynamic domestic and. In the essay, jihad vs mcworld, barber suggests that there is a complete failure by both jihad and mcworld to promote democracy in any form. Jihad refers to a retribalization of large swaths of humankind by war and bloodshed. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. His title refers to what he sees as the two premier global trends of our day, movements that are, respectively, reducing the world to intractable fragments and. Read this philosophy essay and over 89,000 other research documents. Barber offers a penetrating analysis of the central conflict of our times. Barber is the first distinguished senior fellow at the fordham university urban consortium, and the president and founder of the interdependence movement as well as. Barbers most recent books are strong democracy 1984. Imprimer l article the terrorist attacks of september 11 did without a doubt change the world forever, but they failed to change the ideological viewpoint of either the left or the right in any significant way.
Mcworld unless otherwise noted in his book, jihad vs. Mcworld questions and answers discover the community of teachers, mentors and students just like you that can answer any question you might have on jihad vs. During president clintons historic 1994 visit to eastern europe and russia, he often. Although in the west it is sometimes erroneously translated as holy war and understood as referring exclusively to military combat, islamic texts yield a broader array of meanings connected to moral and ethical struggles.
Jihad delivers different set of values than mcworld. Democracy is being threatened, says benjamin barber, by a rampant, homogenizing, valueless capitalism mcworld on one hand and by fragmenting, fundamentalist ideologies jihad on the other. The only hope, he says, is democracy, and between the equally malign forces of jihad and mcworld, the odds for it arent too good. To understand this contradiction we must first understand the meaning. Final religion culture and globalization ndu international. Article pdf available in journal of education culture and society december 2010 with. There is a basic conflict between these two ideologies. Amidst this confusion and difficulty, i continue to think that benjamin barbers characterization of the clash of civilizations as jihad vs. The struggle that exists between countries that wish to conform to global considerations and national groups that desire independence may further splinter fragile countries. Jihad and mcworld in a changing world, there are two known political futures. The war in the nations between the two different cultures can be called a modern day jihad. Various definitions of democracy have contributed to the struggle.
It is my hypothesis that the fundamental source of conflict in this new world will not be primarily ideological or primarily economic. Barber is the whitman professor of political science at rutgers university. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Mcworld term sometimes used to describe the spreading of mcdonalds restaurants throughout the world as the result of globalization, and more generally to describe the effects of international mcdonaldization of services and commercialization of goods and services as an element of globalization as a whole.
After september 11, plenty would like to ring the death knell on the anticorporate movement, along with the twin tower terrorists. Jihad vs mcworld the two axial principles of our age tribalism and globalism clash at every point except one. Mcworld and other theories article pdf available in journal of education culture and society december 2010 with 289 reads how we measure reads. Barber from the january 21, 2002 issue the terrorist attacks of september 11 did without a doubt change the world forever, but they failed to change the ideological viewpoint of either the left or the right in any signi. On the other hand, the mcworld can best describe the conditions in the u. This book elaborates a thesis barber first introduced in an article in the atlantic and which. Jihad vs mcworld unfolding the pardox network society blog.
Between mcworld and jihad globalisation the guardian. If you had to choose between living in a mcworld or a world of jihad. Barber, a political theorist whose 1995 book, jihad vs. Kaplans theory of a coming anarchy, and benjamin barbers juxtaposition of jihad vs. If ever a commentator on the world scene was to be allowed the dubious privilege of saying i told you so on september 11 2001, it was. Considering it was written in 1992, do you think this article is still relevant in todays world.
Industrial revolution, and the technological advances of the twentieth century. The following article is a summary of jihad, mc world, and their characteristics after september 11. Mcworld is a groundbreaking work, an elegant and illuminating analysis of the central conflict of our times. In a groundbreaking work, political scientist benjamin r. How globalism and tribalism are re shaping the world barber, benjamin isbn. Barber 1992 huntingtons clash of civilizations in the 1993 foreign affairs article, huntington writes. How globalism and tribalism are reshaping the world by benjamin r. According to the professors realpolitik, mcworld means not merely worldwide fast food but all capitalist buccaneering, global marketeering, cyberspace, megamergers, and international corporate incest aimed at. Mcworld, or the globalization of politics four imperatives make lpthe dynamic of mcwodd. Barber, the main discussion is about the comparison of the jihad world of a threatened lebanonization of national states in which culture is pitted against culturebarber, 1992, page 1 to the mcworld of economic and political globalization. During president clintons historic 1994 visit to eastern.
Mcworld, about 911, the continuing threat from global terrorist organizations, the efficacy of military action against iraq in response to that threat, and democracy as an antidote to. Barbers argument in jihad vs mcworld mcworld, usa mcworld, malaysia jihad, pakistan. Mcworld does manage to look pretty seductive in a world obsessed with jihad. These diametrically opposed but strangely intertwined forces are tearing apartand bringing togetherthe world as we know it, undermining democracy and the nationstate on which it depends. One of the most important questions that barber tries to answer in jihad vs. Americas current conflict with islamic fundamentalism has breathed new life into several nearly forgotten geopolitical metaphors, including samuel p. It delivers peace, prosperity, and relative unityif at the cost of independence, community, and identity which is. The terrorist attacks of september 11 did without a doubt change the world. Mcworld the following article from the atlantic online, has been reposted here. Mcworld, presciently analyzed the socioeconomic forces leading to the sept.
How globalism and tribalism are reshaping the world is a 1995 book by american political scientist benjamin barber, in which he puts forth a theory that describes the struggle between mcworld globalization and the corporate control of the political process and jihad arabic term for struggle, here modified to mean tradition and traditional values, in the form of. How globalism and tribalism are reshaping the world is a book by american political scientist benjamin barber, in which he puts forth. Huntingtons notion of a clash of civilizations, robert d. Mcworld, presciently analyzed the socioeconomic forces leading to the. It looks at the issue of democracy and how neither terrorism nor corporate globalization necessarily support democracy. I reread jihad vs mcworld to see if was still relevant after so many years and i found that it is, in fact, more relevant than ever.
Mcworld the two axial principles of our agetribalism and globalismclash at every point except one. However in opposition to this it can easily be contested that both jihad and mcworld, in actual fact, cultivate democracy. The mc world is the more formal way of life in the u. Mcworld, benjamin barber takes a view of the new economic world as it relates to those cultures that are hanging on to traditional values. In an interview conducted in february, philanthropy news digest spoke with political scientist benjamin barber, author of the international bestseller jihad vs. Just beyond the horizon of current events lie two possible political futuresboth bleak, neither democratic.
What question is benjamin barber trying to answer in jihad vs. Mcworld is an essential text for anyone who wants to understand the challenges facing us after the tragic events of september 11, 2001 and in light of the current conflict in the middle east. The first is a retribalization of large swaths of humankind by war and bloodshed. Mcworld to create the theme of a conference we called between jihad and mcworld. Barbers call for civil societies, for citizenship, to counter both transnational corporatism and parochial nationalism hasnt lost any of its power. Like hollywood is mcworlds storyteller, and it inculcates secularism, passivity, consumerism, vicariousness, impulse buying, and an accelerated pace of life, not as a result of its overt themes and explicit story lines but by virtue of what hollywood is and how its products are consumed.