Abstract
Benjamin R. Barber is a professor of political science and director of the Whitman Center at Rutgers University. His popular books are Strong Democracy (1984), An aristocracy of Everyone (1992), and Jihad Vs. McWorld (Times Books, 1995). Jihad Vs. McWorld, his last book was published in the Atlantic Monthly in March 1992 (volume 269, No. 3, pages 53-65). The main purpose of this article it to highlight the two strong forces i.e. tribalism and globalism, or in other words Jihad and McWorld. They clash at every point except the fact that they both could be a serious threat to democracy.
