Benjamin Barber

Benjamin Barber (Ciutat de Nova York, 2 d'agost de 1939 - Ciutat de Nova York, 24 d'abril de 2017) fou un politòleg estatunidenc, molt conegut pels seu llibres de Jihad vs. McWorld (1996) i If Mayors Ruled the World (2013).^[1][2] Treballà com a investigador al Center of Philanthropy and Civil Society de la Universitat de Nova York.^[3]

Benjamin Barber

Biografia
Naixement	2 agost 1939 Nova York
Mort	24 abril 2017 (77 anys) Manhattan (Nova York)
Causa de mort	càncer de pàncrees
Formació	Universitat Harvard - Philosophiæ doctor (–1967) Grinnell College - Grau en Arts (–1960) London School of Economics
Activitat
Ocupació	politòleg, professor universitari
Ocupador	Universitat Rutgers (1969–2001) Universitat de Pennsilvània (1966–1969) Universitat de Maryland
Membre de	PEN Club Internacional Academy of Political Science (en) Caucus for a New Political Science (en) Dramatists Guild of America (en) American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy (en) American Political Science Association Authors Guild International Political Science Association (en) Century Association (en)
Professors	Michael Oakeshott
Obra
Obres destacables (1984) Strong Democracy (en)
Premis
(2002)  Premi Berlin (1980)  Beca Guggenheim
Lloc web	benjaminrbarber.org

Publicacions

• 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 (novel·la del 1981)
• 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)
• America Skips School (1993) aparegut a Harper's Magazine
• 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)
• Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age (Twentieth Anniversary Revision 2004)
• Schwächt oder stärkt E-Technologie die Demokratie?, a: Robertson-von Trotha, Caroline Y. (ed.): Kultur und Gerechtigkeit (= Kulturwissenschaft interdisziplinär/Interdisciplinary Studies en Culture and Society, Vol. 2), Baden-Baden (2007)
• Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole (2007)
• If Mayors Ruled the World: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities (October 2013)^[4]