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Eagles and owls -- The myth of independence -- The war of all against all -- The "new" doctrine of preventive war -- The "old" doctrine of deterrence -- Preventive democracy -- You can't export McWorld and call it democracy -- You can't export America and call it freedom -- CivWorld

Switzerland today is faced with a profound dilemma-its village life is dying, a casualty of the collision between communal norms and the need for national survival in an industrial, urbanizing world. Benjamin Barber traces the origins and evolution of communal liberty in the group of alpine villages that make up modern Canton Graubunden, and recreates their poignant thousand-year struggle to maintain this tradition in the face of a hostile environment, hierarchical feudal institutions, and European power polities. Originally published in 1975. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest pr.

Die Nationalstaaten sind nicht mehr in der Lage, die Probleme zu lösen. Sie sind in Grenzen gefangen; Klimawandel, Terror und Pandemien, aber auch Ölkartelle und Banken sind es nicht. Es ist Zeit, dass sich unsere Städte global vernetzen. Städte sind die Bausteine einer globalen Regierungsführung. Nur sie können die Demokratie bewahren. (IP)

Back in 1992, I argued that two seemingly antithetical developments—the globalization and centralization of the market economy under the aegis of the American consumer monolith ("McWorld"), and the fracturing and re-tribalizing of nation states in favor of anti-modern religious and cultural insurgents ("Jihad") —were actually closely connected to one another. Centripetal forces driven by the consumer economy and centrifugal forces driven by antipathy to the consumer economy manifested the same destructive logic.