Pros And Cons Of Benjamin Carre

Benjamin Barber explains how there are two possible political futures and they are both threatening to democracy. The first is the retribalization of humankind which will pit tribe against tribe and culture against culture. He calls the concept a Jihad. Jihad is most commonly known as the religious duty of Muslims to maintain their religion, usually in the form of war against nonbelievers. The second is the idea that nations are pressing together to form one global network due to the uniformity caused by advanced technology that can connect people from all over the world. He calls this concept McWorld. According to Barber, the world is coming together and falling apart at the very same moment because the tendencies of Jihad and McWorld can

The reason markets are important to McWorld is because national economies are now vulnerable to larger, multinational markets where trade is free and currencies can be converted. Barber argues that this could be an issue because markets should reflect the common behaviors of the people around them, including the language and currency. He also says these transnational markets can create people who see their culture as a minimal part of their working identity. The second necessity needed in order to create McWorld is the resource imperative. All countries would rather be self-sufficient and independent when it comes to resources. For example, the United States would much rather have the ability to drill its own oil then to buy from Saudi Arabia, however, this is a resource unavailable in the United States. Countries rely on other countries for resources, which ties many countries who could otherwise be

I think reading it at this time now, we can see that this theory is even more relevant on both ends. Technology has abundantly increased and more and more countries have become even more modernized. The part I found the most interesting was when Barber talks about the irony of nationalism. During my life time, nationalism was at it’s peak during the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentegon. However, this rush of unification lead to the alienation of Muslim people, or people who looked like they were from the Middle East. I remember my close friend from school, Zainub, was bullied in school and called a terrorist because her parents were from Pakistan and she practiced Islam. I thought this was an excellent review and prediction that perfectly correlates with today’s current issues, namely Isis. This was a perspective I had never considered and I am interested to see what else Barber has written since this piece because I really found this paper to be insightful and very