# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-barber
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:34:55.216Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-barber"
name: "Benjamin Barber"
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description: "Benjamin R. Barber was an American political theorist and author, perhaps best known for his 1995 bestseller, Jihad vs. McWorld, and for 2013's If Mayors Ruled the World. His 1984 book of political theory, Strong Democracy, was revised and reissued in 2004. He was an adviser to political leaders including Bill Clinton, Howard Dean, and Muammar Gaddafi. He was a board member of the Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation."
tagline: "Walt Whitman Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University (1939–2017)"
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deathDate: "2017-04-24"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump