| Barber's thesis is summed up in the "Afterword": where he says the book is "about neither Jihad nor McWorld but about democracy--and the dangers democracy faces in a world where the forces of commerce and the forces reacting to commerce are locked in struggle" (p. 299). It could be argued that he captures the struggle very well--if sometimes rather dramatically. But, are we any closer to having a game plan for involving people in community, either locally or nationally, as Bellah et al. urge; or internationally, as citizens of the world? Must capitalism be so rapacious? How likely is it that we can really have a world "community"? When anyone poses a question using the ASK A QUESTION link, the question and answer will appear below. Be sure to check this section regularly. |
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