TATAU: SYMMETRY AS CONFLICT MEDIATION OF LINE– SPACE INTERSECTION

Authors

Sēmisi F. Potauaine, University of Auckland, Auckland University of Technology and Vava‘u Academy for Critical Inquiry and Applied ResearchFollow

Abstract

From a Tongan context, tatau (symmetry) also means mirror image, image, copy, likeness, same, and equal, among other things. My theoretical inquiry into tatau revolves around the tā-vā (time-space) theory of reality, which basically recognizes the philosophical fact that all things in reality stand in eternal relations of exchange, giving rise to order or conflict. By extension, the theory also takes into account the historical fact that because of these never-ending exchange connections, order and conflict are of the same logical order in that order is a form of conflict.

Recommended Citation

Potauaine, Sēmisi F. (2017) "TATAU: SYMMETRY AS CONFLICT MEDIATION OF LINE– SPACE INTERSECTION," Pacific Studies Journal: Vol. 40: No. 1, Article 8.
Available at: https://digitalcollections.byuh.edu/pacific-studies-journal/vol40/iss1/8