The Prout Research Institute of Venezuela

Prout College provides online courses in Prout studies. It is currently the only college in the world to provide such courses. At present the curriculum consists of eight subjects. The Certificate in Prout Studies may be studied full-time or part-time, and has an academic standard equivalent to a Graduate Diploma. Students who do not want to study the Certificate in Prout Studies the opportunity to study each of the eight subjects in the course individually.

The Certificate in Prout Studies consists of the following subjects:

* Introduction to Prout Studies
* Tantra, Spirituality and Social Change
* Macrohistory and World Futures
* Transformative Economics
* Neohumanism, Policy Making and Contemporary Issues
* Frontiers of Science
* Gender, Spirituality and Coordinated Cooperation
* Education for Liberation

for more information, see: http://proutcollege.org/

Posted by maheshvarananda Wednesday, January 17, 2007 (03:51:02)

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Today there are countless movements and struggles which are fighting for the creation of a more just, sustainable, and human society, that guarantees individual safety and freedom. Of all these, many progressive people around the world see the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela as the one with the greatest possibility to transform social reality.

Prout (Progressive Utilization Theory) is a socio-economic theory with a holistic perspective which seeks to create such a world of social justice and replace capitalism. It was conceived of in 1959 by the Indian philosopher and spiritual leader Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921-1990). Prout is not a rigid economic doctrine, like the neoliberal policies, but a collection of principles which can be applied according to the requirements of any given situation. It is a model which opposes all forms of domination and exploitation and rejects capitalist economic growth as an end in itself. Instead, Prout proposes economic democracy, decentralization, participatory democracy, regional autonomy and self-sufficiency and takes the well-being of all living beings as the guiding principle of social and economic life.

While the Bolivarian Revolution proceeds mostly through trial and errors, Prout is a conceptually clear and coherent vision, which until now has only been put into practice by a few local communities in various countries. This article will compare the main goals of the Bolivarian Process with Prout; from this comparison we can conclude that Venezuela is moving towards some of Prout’s key principles.

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by Andy Malinalco

Posted by dharmapala Saturday, December 09, 2006 (04:38:47)

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