Benjamin R. Barber (b. August 2, 1939) is a political theorist and professor at the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Policy, perhaps best known for his 1996 bestseller, Jihad vs. McWorld. As a political theorist, Barber argues for a renewed focus on civil society and involved citizenship as tools for building effective democracy, particularly in the post-Cold War world. Benjamin Barber has been a Senior Fellow at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy since 2005. August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A political theorist is someone who engages in political theory. ... The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public university located in the city of College Park, in Prince Georges County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., in the United States. ... The School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park is one of the nations premier public policy schools and is the only Washington, D.C.-area policy school embedded within a major research university. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Jihad vs. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Civil society is composed of the totality of voluntary civic and social organizations and institutions that form the basis of a functioning society as opposed to the force-backed structures of a state (regardless of that states political system) and commercial institutions. ... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ... The University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy is a joint academic research, teaching and training center created and run jointly by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences School of International Relations. ...

Barber was educated at Grinnell College (B.A., 1960) and Harvard University (M.A., 1963; Ph.D., 1966), after earning certificates at Albert Schweitzer College (1959) and the London School of Economics (1957). He has served as an advisor to various politicians in the United States and around the world, including Bill Clinton and Howard Dean. Dean made Barber his foreign policy advisor in his failed 2004 campaign. Source ]]. Grinnell College is a small liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Harvard redirects here. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that LSE Computer Security Research Centre be merged into this article or section. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... Howard Brush Dean III (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician and physician from the U.S. state of Vermont. ...

He has also moonlighted as a playwright, novelist and songwriter, with modest success. Moonlight has several meanings: Moonlight is the light that is perceived as coming from the moon. ...

Books

• Superman and Common Men: Freedom, Anarchy and the Revolution (1971)
• The Death of Communal Liberty: A History of Freedom in a Swiss Mountain Canton (1974)
• Liberating Feminism (1976)
• Marriage Voices (1981 novel)
• Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age (1984)
• The Conquest of Politics: Liberal Philosophy in Democratic Times (1988)
• An Aristocracy of Everyone: The Politics Of Education and the Future of America (1992)
• Jihad vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism Are Reshaping the World (1996)
• A Place for Us: How to Make Society Civil and Democracy Strong (1998)
• A Passion for Democracy: American Essays (2000)
• The Truth of Power: Intellectual Affairs in the Clinton White House (2001)
• Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism, and Democracy in an Age of Interdependence (2003)
• Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole (2007)

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External links

• Official website
• Benjamin Barber discusses, Fear's Empire, at the Carnegie Council
• Interdependence Day

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See also

• Bill Clinton
• Howard Dean