Benjamin Barber (1939–2017)
Auteur van Jihad vs. McWorld terrorisme en globalisering als bedreigingen voor de democratie
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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 toon meer 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) toon minder
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Jihad vs. McWorld terrorisme en globalisering als bedreigingen voor de democratie (1995) 1,060 exemplaren
De infantiele consument hoe de markt kinderen bederft, volwassenen klein houdt en burgers vertrapt (2007) 443 exemplaren
An Aristocracy of Everyone: The Politics of Education and the Future of America (1656) 77 exemplaren
Education for democracy : citizenship, community, service : a sourcebook for students and teachers (1993) 11 exemplaren
Si els alcaldes governessin el món: Països disfuncionals, ciutats emergents (Els llibres d'Arcàdia) (Catalan… (2015) 3 exemplaren
Internet, derecho y política : las transformaciones del derecho y la política en 15 artículos (2009) 2 exemplaren
"'The Rum Diary': An Introduction to Hunter S. Thompson’s Esthetic Evolution" [article] Anthropoetics 16:1 1 exemplaar
Philosophie und Politik: Soziale Gerechtigkeit, Neue Antworten in der globalisierten Ökonomie?: VII (2004) 1 exemplaar
Imperium strachu wojna, terroryzm i demokracji 1 exemplaar
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