Benjamin R. Barber, Author of ‘Jihad vs. McWorld,’ Dies at 77 Mr. Barber’s 1995 book presciently analyzed the forces leading to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the rise in tribalism around the world. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:A Friend to Israel, and to Bigots: Viktor Orban’s ‘Double Game’ on Anti-SemitismThe New New World: In China, Some Fear the End of ‘Chimerica’China’s Propaganda Machine Takes Aim at U.S. Over Trade WarThe New New World: In China, Some Fear the End of ‘Chimerica’U.S.-Russia Talks Expose Deep Fissures, Despite Hopes for Better TiesAnti-Semitic Crime Rises in Germany, and Far Right Is Blamed