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Benjamin R. Barber, the internationally renowned political theorist, is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos and President of CivWorld (at Demos), the international NGO that sponsors Interdependence Day and the Paradigm Project. Barber is the author of 17 books including the international best sellers CONSUMED, JIHAD VS. MCWORLD and the classic STRONG DEMOCRACY as well as the Ten Part television series (with Patrick Watson) THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY. A renowned political philosopher who is an expert on civil society and culture and on the practices of citizenship and democracy, Barber has advised President Bill Clinton, Governor Howard Dean and Senator Bill Bradley in the United States, as well as leaders in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and around the world. He has won the Berlin Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a French Knighthood (Chevalier). Barber founded Interdependence Day, an annual gathering of international political, cultural and religious leaders, committed to protecting the role of democracy in response to September 11th. Barber was Walt Whitman Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University for 32 years, and then Gershon and Carol Kekst Professor of Civil Society at The University of Maryland. Barber brings an abiding concern for democracy and citizenship to issues of politics, culture and education in America and abroad. He consults regularly with political and civic leaders in the United States and around the world, and for fi ve years served as an informal consultant to President Bill Clinton and he is currently working closely with Colonel Muammar Qadhaffi of Libya.
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