Jihad vs Mcworld / Benjamin R. Barber
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TextPublication details: New York : Ballantine Books, 1995. Description: xxxi, 389 p. : 21 cmISBN: - 9780345383044 (pbk.)
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Gulbanoo Premji Library, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru | 4th Floor | 909.829 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | G22733 |
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.
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.
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