Jan./Feb. 1984 RAIN Page 11 "A Better Game Than War: Interviews with Robert Fuller," Evolutionary Blues, Volume Two, 1983, $6.00, from: Evolutionary Blues P.O. Box 40187 San Francisco, CA 94140 Disarmament is not a realistic goal for the peace movement. In fact, peace is not the proper goal for the peace movement. This is the view of Robert Fuller, former President of Oberlin College. He argues in these interviews that nations will not disarm as long as they continue to fear each other. Peace is the absence of war, and war is a very exciting activity that humankind has practiced for centuries. Rather than directly oppose the excitement of armed conflict. Fuller suggests that we find "a better game than war." Mo Tzu is Fuller's idea for this better game. The original Mo Tzu lived in China in the Fifth Century B.C. He and his followers would travel to sites of developing conflict and try and get opposing sides to meet and work out their differences. Fuller defines modern Mo Tzu work as "finding what you love in what you hate." For example, the United Statesand Russia cannot continue to fear and hate each other. The cultures must be seen as complementary, each having an aspect of the larger truth. To reach this level of mutual respect, the world needs nonpartisans who will travel to troubled areas and introduce different cultures to one another. These people are not representatives of any government or organization. Diplomacy is too important to be left only to professional diplomats. Initial attempts to enact the Mo Tzu concept were carried out in 1982 by a small group that travelled to the Middle East, Ireland, Poland, and Kenya (see CoEvolution Quarterly, Fall 1982 and Spring 1983). These experiences revealed that when talking to a nonpartisan, government figures are less righteous and defensive, more open, and may be willing to at least look at a theoretical solution. For Mo Tzu to really become a better game than war. Fuller says it must move from being an individual and small group activity to being a collective activity, as is war. Envision an agreement between nations in which over the course of two years a million people travel from nation to nation focusing on establishing better relationships. This mammoth, multinational "Peace on Earth Corps" would help us learn to livewith our differences, see what is valuable in other cultures, even find love in what we now hate. —RB From: World College West catalogue INTERCULTURAL STUDIES There are numerous colleges and universities that specialize in international studies, and many institutions offer some options for study abroad. Friends World College, World College West, and the School for International Training are three particularly innovative and intensive programs. Each of these requires extended foreign study as part of its four year undergraduate program and each emphasizes an integrative intercultural experience.—TJ World College West Box 3060 San Rafael, CA 94912 415/332-4522 World College West is an independent, nonprofit college offering the bachelor of arts degree. Its program emphasizes global ecology, the interconnectedness of human knowledge, and the worldwide consequences of political, social, and environmental acts. The four year program includes a first year foundation in western culture and language preparation for intercultural studies. The second year intercultural program provides a perspective from which students can better understand and evaluate their own culture. This program is centered in Mexico with additional programs in Nepal and China. The third and fourth year upper division program offers a concentration in interdisciplinary majors of international development and diplomacy, human services, and international environmental studies. World College West seeks to provide a global perspective through a program that is integrated. participative, team-taught, and experience-based. It also seeks to develop the skills that will be necessary for success in an increasingly interdependent and ever changing world. —TJ The School for International Training Brattleboro, VT 05301 802/257-7751 The School for International Training was founded in 1964 by the Experiment in International Living in response to the demand for a professional program for people interested in pursuing careers in international operations. SIT offers a bachelors' program in international studies, which requires the development of an experience-based understanding of the international situation through extensive foreign study and internships in consort with rigorous academic concentration. SIT also offers a masters program in international management, which provides career preparation for people who want to work directly in fields associated with international and intercultural concerns. —TJ Friends World College Huntington, NY 11743 516/549-1102 Friends World College, a small, independent liberal arts institution, offers a non- traditional, field-work-based bachelor of arts program in international, interdisciplinary studies. Since 1965, Friends World College students have carried out studies in over 75 countries. The college maintains its world headquarters and North American center in Huntington, New York, as well as faculty and program centers in Macha- kos, Kenya; London, England; San Jose, Costa Rica; Kyoto, Japan; Jerusalem, Israel; and India. In addition to the intensive academic program at FWC, students are required to study in at least two cultures other than their own as an exposure to problems in cultures with differing political, economic, and social realities. —TJ
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