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今日、世の中には2つのまったく相容れない力が存在する。1つは「マックワールド」、すなわち巨大化する企業と情報産業によって急速にグローバル化する市場経済の波。そしてもう1つは「ジハード」、すなわち世界中で噴き出す閉鎖的な地域主義、民族主義の波だ。この2つの力の出現と対立により民主主義社会が侵食されつつある…。『Jihad vs. McWorld』（邦題『ジハード対マックワールド 市民社会の夢は終わったのか』）はこんな奇抜な主張が見事に展開、実証されていく1冊だ。
資本主義は民主主義の土壌があったからこそ現在のレベルにまで発展したが、グローバル化した資本主義はいまや「市民社会」と「公衆」という概念を脅かしつつあると著者ベンジャミン・バーバーは主張する。さらに同質化と統合を好む近年の我々の思考は、世界のいたるところに拠点を構え、通信と情報によって世界を均一化する多国籍企業の経営理念と何ら変わりないと指摘。また「自主決定」こそ民主主義のもっとも根本的方針ではあるが、それを野放しにしておくと「公平な扱いを受けるのは事実上一部の国内エリートだけ」というボスニア、ルワンダなどに代表される極端な民族主義を招きかねないと警告する。
バーバーは解決方法として「市民社会」を復活させ民主主義の基盤に置こうと訴えている。それは投票するところでも売買するところでもない。緑にあふれ、法による強制ではなく自発的に活動する集団が存在し、隣人と地域社会の問題について話しあう教会や学校がある場所、すなわち正しい「公共的な感覚」が育つ社会なのだ。 --このテキストは、 ペーパーバック 版に関連付けられています。
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Designed for anyone who wants to understand the challenges facing us after the tragic events of September 11, 2001 and in light of the conflict in the Middle East in 2003, "Jihad Vs McWorld" examines the conflicts of the modern world. 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 - and bringing together - the world as we know it, undermining democracy and the nation-state on which it depends. On the one hand, capitalism on the global level is rapidly dissolving the social and economic barriers between nations, transforming the world's diverse populations into a blandly uniform market. On the other hand, ethnic, religious, and racial hatreds are fragmenting the political landscape into smaller and smaller tribal units. Jihad versus Mcworld is the term that Barber has coined to describe the powerful and paradoxical interdependence of these forces, and in this volume he explores the alarming repercussions of this potent dialectic, sketching a democratic response to terrorism.
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64 人中、56人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
This book is a must-read for the world's citizenry.
1998/5/11
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Well-respected political scientist and prolific writer Benjamin Barber's "Jihad vs. McWorld" illuminates probably the most profound and compelling argument facing us today, tribalism vs. mass consumerism. Jihad vs. McWorld is the pulling of two major socia-political forces upon the citizenry of the world, jettisoning democracy precariously towards extinction.
"Jihad" as articulated in the book represents extremist tribalist nature of fundamentalist cultures. It is the study of self-serving groups, whether they be of religious factions, nation-states, or various political ideologues. Their only goal is to secure the preservation of their culture and to influence those from outside their belief system. The result is warring tribes, i.e. the feuding ideologies of the Serbia-Croat battles, the plight of the Middle East, Northern Ireland's "religious" war, and the bombing of the Oklahoma Federal State building. "Jihad" leaves no room for a free-thinking civil democracy and absolutely abhors influences from outside it's realm, hence it's ardent distrust of Western consumerist ideology - McWorld.
McWorld is the term coined to define the mass consumerist ideology of global marketing. McWorld is not so much a place but is a consumerist behavior. McWorld crosses all cultural boundaries whether they be open free markets or closed sacrilegious cultures. McWorld has not a human face but a bullish influence. McWorld's ultimate goal is to integrate every nation, every country, every person, every thing into a global market, whether they be mass consumers as pompously displayed as the obesity of the "West" or as manufacturers such as in the Nike corporation's child-labour sweatshops in Thailand. Jihad vs. McWorld provides profound insight into the use of multi-media and global communications for McWorld to spread it's influence.
Jihad vs. McWorld is eloquently written and provides hard, factual insights without becoming alarmist. Benjamin Barber provides the reader with though! t-provoking questions that we as a society have been too lax in addressing and bold solutions that our present political systems can't seem to accommodate. An excellent book, I strongly recommended it.
24 人中、22人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Excellent Analysis, Dubious Solutions
2003/6/30
形式:ペーパーバック
The subtitle of the book is a bit incorrect; it might be more aptly described as terrorism's challenge to capitalism. Barber sees an interdependent human civilization with two emerging powers, the power of global capitalism (McWorld) and reactionary tribalism (Jihad). He correctly sees both of these forces as antidemocratic and indeed anti-nation state. Essentially, the main conflict is between the emerging postmodernity and its critics. Some of what I thought were the most fascinating sections were where Barber describes as "Jihad via McWorld" were motifs of tribalism become sucked into the market machine. He does seem a little bit down on capitalism in general, although he does stress that it works very well within the confines of a democratic nation-state. Barber does seem to lean left, if only because he seems to tackle his discussion of McWorld with much greater energy than his discussion of Jihad (although I concede that may just be my rightward bias).
I think this is superior in many ways to competing explanations that emphasize political culture (such as the Clash of Civilizations) because it stresses economic factors and, more importantly, stresses the interdependence of the modern world. Barber aptly describes how the world becomes more united even as it becomes more divided.
I would give this 5 stars, but I am unsatisfied with Barber's solutions. He's keen on democratizing world institutions, but such institutions have proven to be ineffective against both McWorld and Jihad.
Many reviewers have already pointed out that despite Barber's use of the word "Jihad" his focus is not Islam. In fact, the chapter ostensibly devoted to Islam focuses more on reactionary tribalism in the United States (which is worthy of discussion, but deserves its own chapter). It is disappointing he doesn't deal with the Middle East, not only for the obvious instances of Jihad but also the elites striving to be players in McWorld (notably in Saudi Arabia).
I think this is superior in many ways to competing explanations that emphasize political culture (such as the Clash of Civilizations) because it stresses economic factors and, more importantly, stresses the interdependence of the modern world. Barber aptly describes how the world becomes more united even as it becomes more divided.
I would give this 5 stars, but I am unsatisfied with Barber's solutions. He's keen on democratizing world institutions, but such institutions have proven to be ineffective against both McWorld and Jihad.
Many reviewers have already pointed out that despite Barber's use of the word "Jihad" his focus is not Islam. In fact, the chapter ostensibly devoted to Islam focuses more on reactionary tribalism in the United States (which is worthy of discussion, but deserves its own chapter). It is disappointing he doesn't deal with the Middle East, not only for the obvious instances of Jihad but also the elites striving to be players in McWorld (notably in Saudi Arabia).
32 人中、28人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Alarmist but relevant
2001/6/20
形式:ペーパーバック
This is something of an alarmist book in many ways, but it is nonetheless valuable, not least because five years after it was first published many of the author's arguments still stand. Barber can probably be additionally criticized for employing two catchy but overly simplified buzzwords to describe the complex problems surrounding globalization and the reaction to it. Also, even though he by no means exclusively or even primarily singles out Islamic fundamentalism as a peril to the world order, just his use of the term `Jihad' as a metaphor for the new, anti-modern nationalisms and religious intolerance seen worldwide nevertheless indicates a measure of Orientalism. Most of the shortcomings derive from that fact that the author is a political scientist who specializes in issues of democracy and civil society rather than fractious nationalism and global economics - the two main topics of the book. Thus, in his discussion of the post-communist states of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, he often resorts to the now tired and superficial platitudes of `tribalism' or `ancient hatreds' to explain the rise of recent ugly incarnations of intolerant nationalism in this region (he even goes so far as to echo the mass media's favorite `Balkans expert' Robert Kaplan by citing Dracula-writer Bram Stoker in a description of modern Romania). Barber makes the additional mistake of assuming that the nationalist movements are driven by simplistic ideologies aimed solely at tearing apart existing nation-states; even if this is often the end result, most if not all of these movements claim as their objective the overthrow of foreign tyranny as they see it and the creation of some form of popular democracy. Even so, Barber correctly points out the danger of new or renewed nationalisms and divisive calls for self-determination (a very loaded and ambiguous concept), a danger that's still very prevalent in international politics. Barber is best when he points out that free markets do not necessarily mean democracy, in contrast to free market gurus, Cato Institute libertarians and Jeffrey Sachs, the chief proponent of `shock therapy' in transitional economies. He offers the examples of market economics failures in Russia and the former East Germany as damning evidence to support his argument. "Jihad vs. McWorld" has a number of flaws, but the author's arguments are coherent and it is an often useful cautionary text.
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