Benjamin R. Barber
(see also Revitalizing Democracy)
Basics
On the Web: Articles
Paris is Burning. Fareed Zakaria, New Republic (1/22/96). Critical review essay on Jihad vs. McWorld.
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Barber's site. Includes extensive bibliography & links to broadcast speeches.
In the Library: Articles
Barber, Benjamin R. "A mandate for liberty: requiring education-based community service," The Responsive Community 1,2 (spr 91).
__________. "The reconstruction of rights," American Prospect (spr 91).
Zakaria, Fareed. "Paris is burning," New Republic (1/22/96)
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Barber, Benjamin R. Superman & Common Men: Freedom, Anarchy & the Revolution (NY: Praeger, 1971).
__________. The Death of Communal Liberty: A History of Freedom in a Swiss Mountain Canton (Princeton: Princeton, 1974).
__________. Liberating Feminism (NY: Seabury, 1975).
__________. Political Participation & the Creation of Res Publica (Bloomington: Indiana U., 1977).
__________ & Michael J. Gargas McGrath (eds.) The Artist & Political Vision (New Brunswick NJ: Transaction, 1982).
__________. Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age (Berkeley: U. of California, 1984).
__________. The Conquest of Politics: Liberal Philosophy in Democratic Times (Princeton NJ: Princeton, 1988).
__________ & Patrick Watson. The Struggle for Democracy (Boston: Little, Brown, 1988).
__________. An Aristocracy of Everyone: The Politics of Education & the Future of America (NY: Ballantine, 1992).
__________ & Richard M. Battistoni (eds.) Education for Democracy: Citizenship, Community, Service. A Sourcebook for Students & Teachers (Dubuque IA: Kendall/Hunt, 1993).
__________. Jihad vs. McWorld (NY: Times, 1995).
__________. A Passion for Democracy: American Essays (Princeton NJ: Princeton, 1998).
__________. A Place for Us: How to Make Society Civil & Democracy Strong (NY: Hill & Wang, 1998).
__________. The Truth of Power: Intellectual Affairs in the Clinton White House (NY: W.W. Norton, 2001).
__________. Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism & Democracy (NY: W.W. Norton, 2003).
Murchland, Bernard. Voices in America: Bicentennial Conversations with Benjamin Barber & Others (Ann Arbor: Prakken, 1987).
Watson, Patrick & Benjamin Barber. The Struggle for Democracy (Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1988).
In the Library: Fiction
Barber, Benjamin R. Marriage Voices: A Novel (NY: Summit, 1981).
In the Library: For Young Readers
In the Library: Poetry
In the Library: Drama
In the Library: Photography
CD & Audio
Film & Video
"Jihad vs. McWorld" [2001], 75m. From C-Span Archives. Speech on how globalism & tribalism are shaping world, & need for a new US approach to both.