Jihad vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism are Reshaping the World
Author/Artist/Editor
Benjamin R. Barber
Type
Book, Hard Copy
Date
1995
Press/Publisher
Ballantine
Language
English
Description
| Jihad vs. McWorld is an essential text for anyone who wants to understand the challenges facing America after the tragic events of September 11, 2001. In a groundbreaking work, political scientist Benjamin R. Barber offers a penetrating analysis of the central conflict of our times: consumerist capitalism versus religious and tribal fundamentalism. These diametrically opposed but intertwined forces are tearing apart |
Important Notes
Contents:
| Old economy and the birth of a new McWorld -- Resource imperative : the passing of autarky and the fall of the West -- Industrial sector and the rise of the East -- From hard goods to soft goods -- From soft goods to service -- Hollyworld : McWorld's videology -- Television and MTV : McWorld's noisy soul -- Teleliterature and the theme parking of McWorld -- Who owns McWorld? The media merger frenzy -- Jihad vs. McWorld or jihad via McWorld? -- Jihad within McWorld : the "democracies" -- China and the not necessarily democratic Pacific Rim -- Jihad within McWorld : "transitional democracies" -- Essential Jihad : Islam and fundamentalism -- Jihad and McWorld in the new world disorder -- Wild capitalism vs. democracy -- Capitalism vs. democracy in Russia -- Colonization of East Germany by McWorld -- Securing global democracy in the world of McWorld. |
Keywords
Jihad, McWorld, Benjamin Barber, Pop Culture Studies
ISSN/ISBN
0345383044 9780345383044
Availability
Available
OCLC
48447722
