Mcworld does manage to look pretty seductive in a world obsessed with jihad. Jihad according to barber relies on a holy war waged against and external threat modern democracy and globalization. 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. 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. Jihad vs mcworld the two axial principles of our age tribalism and globalism clash at every point except one. 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. It is my hypothesis that the fundamental source of conflict in this new world will not be primarily ideological or primarily economic. 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. The only hope, he says, is democracy, and between the equally malign forces of jihad and mcworld, the odds for it arent too good. Mcworld and about globalism in the aftermath of september 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the u. 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. Nov 15, 2015 provided to youtube by cargo jihad vs mcworld kory clarke opium hotel. Mar 09, 2008 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.
It delivers peace, prosperity, and relative unityif at the cost of independence, community, and identity which is. The struggle that exists between countries that wish to conform to global considerations and national groups that desire independence may further splinter fragile countries. Een film over het boek jihad vs mcworld van benjamin barber. Dec 20, 20 een film over het boek jihad vs mcworld van benjamin barber. These diametrically opposed but strangely intertwined forces are tearing apartand bringing togetherthe world as we know it, undermining democracy and the. 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. Mcworld is a groundbreaking work, an elegant and illuminating analysis of the central conflict of our times. Provided to youtube by cargo jihad vs mcworld kory clarke opium hotel. Mcworld, benjamin barber takes a view of the new economic world as it relates to those cultures that are hanging on to traditional values.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. There is a basic conflict between these two ideologies. In this important new book, he explores the alarming repercussions of this potent dialectic for democracy. Jihad vs mcworld jihad vs mcworld the two axial principles. Oct 04, 2008 jihad refers to a retribalization of large swaths of humankind by war and bloodshed. Barbers argument in jihad vs mcworld mcworld, usa mcworld, malaysia jihad, pakistan. Barber, a political theorist whose 1995 book, jihad vs. Nov 27, 2009 just beyond the horizon of current events lie two possible political futuresboth bleak, neither democratic. Among the topics he addressed were international actions. Barbers call for civil societies, for citizenship, to counter both transnational corporatism and parochial nationalism hasnt lost any of its power. 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. Barber has coined to describe the powerful and paradoxical interdependence of these forces. Mcworld is the term that distinguished writer and political scientist benjamin r. Mcworld by american political philosopher and consultant benjamin barber was published twenty years ago.
Barber j ust beyond the horizon of current events lie two possible political futures both bleak, neither democratic. In a changing world, there are two known political futures. Jihad vs mcworld kindle edition by barber, benjamin r. Jihad vs mcworld unfolding the pardox network society blog. The two axial principles of our age tribalism and globalism clash at every point except one. 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. Barber 1992 huntingtons clash of civilizations in the 1993 foreign affairs article, huntington writes. Mcworld is an analysis of the fundamental conflict of our times. Mar 17, 2010 jihad vs mcworld unfolding the pardox posted on march 17, 2010 by siubhan 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. The first is a retribalization of large swaths of humankind by war and bloodshed. Mcworld offers a lens through which to understand the chaotic events of the postcold war world.
Mcworld, presciently analyzed the socioeconomic forces leading to the sept. Mcworld, or the globalization of politics four imperatives make lpthe dynamic of mcwodd. Barber argues that if you look only at the business section of the daily newspaper, you would be convinced that the world was. During idfa 2015 barber presents his own selection of documentaries that reflect on this book and his later work, which puts mayors in the lead role.