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Political Theorist, Author

Benjamin Barber is an internationally-renowned political theorist, consulting regularly with political and civic leaders in the U.S. (President Clinton, Howard Dean) and around the world. He is the current President and founder of the Interdependence Movement and the NGO “CivWorld”. His current work focuses on global democratic governance and the relationship between the arts and democracy. In 2012, he became a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at the CUNY Graduate Center

“Autonomy is not condition of democracy; democracy is the condition of autonomy”

[expand title=”In detail”] From 2007 – 2012, he has been a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos. In addition to his international work Dr. Barber is a professor of Political Science Emeritus at Rutgers University and a former Kekst Professor of Civil Society at the University of Maryland. He is a frequent commentator in the news/media. As a political theorist, he argues for a renewed focus on civil society and engaged citizenship as tools for building effective democracy, particularly in the post-Cold War world. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Dr. Barber is the ideal authority to address the issues of global citizenship. He brings an abiding concern for democracy and citizenship to issues of politics, culture and education. He writes and speaks on a wide variety of questions connected to democracy and citizenship, including the arts, education, globalization, terrorism, and the new politics of the Middle East and North Africa.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Drawing on anecdotes from his own experience as a widely travelled, progressively educated fellow, he enthrals audiences with his entertaining presentations which showcase his impressive political insight.[/expand]

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Topics

Politics

Culture and Education

The Effects of Globalisation

Current Affairs

Terrorism and Democracy

Cosmopolitan thinking

The Phenomenon of Provincialism

Publications

2013
If Mayors Ruled the World

2008
Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole

2004
The Decline of Capitalism and the Infantalist Ethos

2003
Fear’s Empire: War Terrorism and Democracy

1999
A Passion for Democracy

2001
The Truth of Power: Intellectual Affairs in the Clinton White House

1995
Jihad vs. McWorld

1984
Strong Democracy

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