Benjamin Barber's... heavy liberalism....
The Truth of Power: Intellectual Affairs in the Clinton White
House
Benjamin R. Barber
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>From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: 12/18/01 8:13:56 PM
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>Speaking of which, I started reading Benjamin Barber's _Jihad
vs. McWorld_.
>It's pretty good, despite its heavy liberalism. Against the
craziness of
>capitalist expansionism ("McWorld") and that of local traditionalisms
>("Jihad," which has nothing to do with Islam in his book), he
favors world
>democracy. It's reminiscent of Hardt & Negri's _Empire_ in a
lot of ways (as
>far as I've read _that_ book).
>Jim Devine
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>Lapham on 'American Jihad'
>by Ian Murray
>18 December 2001
>
>It's not on the Harper's website yet, but it was precisely the
>following that was the foci of organizing in Seattle 2 years
ago:
>
>"Fascism should be more properly called corporatism, since it
is the
>merger of state and corporate power." [Benito Mussolini]
>
>Ian
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