Holistic Postmodernism: A New Paradigm for the Integration of the One and the Many
                                                                                          Warayuth Sriwarakuel
                                                                                          Assumption University

Abstract
In current intellectual discourse certain “postmodern” models may have emerged because of a dissatisfaction of contemporary society with what might be called “Current Jerusalem.” However, different people have understood the word “postmodern” differently. In this paper I would like to present three different models of postmodernism which have been adopted by various important thinkers. The first model suggests that we should be back to find happiness in a romantic return to the “Old Jerusalem” if the present situation is unsatisfactory while the second model proposes to step ahead to find happiness in a utopian “New Jerusalem.” I will argue that both models are not suitable for the integration because they are based on a rigid “either…or” logic. I would like to propose a third model which evaluates and synthesizes “the past”, “the present”, and “the future” as more appropriate because it is based on the “both…and” logic. In the third model I will try to solve the problem of the one and the many through the integration of process thought, hermeneutics, and the Buddhist logic of detachment.