Benjamin R. Barber Quotes
I don't divide the world into the weak and the strong, or the successes and the failures, those who make it or those who don't. I divide the world into learners and non-learners.
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Birth: | 2nd August, 1939 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Author, Professor |
Benjamin R. Barber is an American political theorist and author perhaps best known for his 1996 bestseller, Jihad vs. McWorld and 2013's If Mayors Ruled the World. He is a Senior Research Scholar at The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society of The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, the President and Founder of the Interdependence Movement, and Walt Whitman Professor of Political Science Emeritus, Rutgers University. From 2007 - 2012, he was a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos. Barber was educated at Grinnell College and Harvard University. Barber's honors include a knighthood from the French Government, the Berlin Prize of the American Academy in Berlin and the John Dewey Award.
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