Product Description: This volume presents the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, a great philosopher and social theorist of mid-twentieth century, as a viable alternative to both modernism and postmodernism. Douglas Low argues that Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy offers explanations and solves problems that other philosophies grapple with, but do not resolve, given their respective theoretical presuppositions and assumptions...read more

Product Description: Few writers' unfinished works are considered among their most important, but such is the case with Merleau-Ponty's The Visible and the Invisible. What exists of it is a mere beginning, yet it bridged modernism and postmodernism in philosophy...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: To be a kahuna, a person is taught all about the material things of life, the negative part. He has to know what harmony and unity is within himself, God, and humankind. He must live according to the secret meaning of Aloha: A: ala, watchful alertness; L: lokahi, working with unity; O: oiaio, truthful honesty; H: ha'aha'a, humility; A: Aahonui, patient perseverance...read more