Sokthan Yeng
Biographic Data
| ID | 4158951 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sokthan Yeng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sokthan |
| FAMILY NAME | Yeng |
| SIGNATURE | YENG S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Adelphi University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Gifts and Ghosts
Because Europeans have shaped scholarly discourse about Southeast Asia and Buddhism, movement away from understanding “pure” Theravada Buddhism through religious and philosophical doctrine was a technique to decenter Western readings and shows how practitioners shaped their own beliefs. Stanley Tambiah called for academics to pay more attention to common beliefs of laypeople and everyday practices of monks. This, in turn, placed anthropologists a…
Refuge and Refugees in Myanmar
An exploration of human rights violations against the Rohingya population, led by a Buddhist extremist group and under the watch of democracy icon, Aung San Suu Kyi, can shed light on the interplay of religion and Myanmar's state sovereignty as it emerges within a long history of British rule and domestic military dictatorship. This article suggests that the dynamic between religion and the burgeoning democracy in Myanmar can help explain why the…
Irigaray’s Alternative Buddhist Practices of the Self
In lieu of an abstract, here is the opening paragraph of the essay:Luce Irigaray’s critics charge that her attempt to carve out a space for nature and the feminine self through an engagement with Buddhism smacks of Orientalism. Associating Buddhism with a philosophy of nature can lead to feminizing and exoticizing the non-Western other. Because she relies more on lessons learned from yogic teachers than Buddhist texts or scholarship, her work see…
Foucault’s Critique of the Science of Sexuality
Foucault’s critique of the science of sexuality takes aim at both Freud and science. Foucault does not, as is common, seek to undermine psychoanalysis by claiming that it does not meet the rigors of science. Instead, he shows that scientific and psychoanalytic theories intersect because they are mechanisms of modern politics—biopolitics. Foucault suggests that politics determines the value of life and these sciences help to disseminate and promot…
Irigaray’s Alternative Buddhist Practices of the Self
In lieu of an abstract, here is the opening paragraph of the essay:Luce Irigaray’s critics charge that her attempt to carve out a space for nature and the feminine self through an engagement with Buddhism smacks of Orientalism. Associating Buddhism with a philosophy of nature can lead to feminizing and exoticizing the non-Western other. Because she relies more on lessons learned from yogic teachers than Buddhist texts or scholarship, her work see…
Foucault’s Critique of the Science of Sexuality
Foucault’s critique of the science of sexuality takes aim at both Freud and science. Foucault does not, as is common, seek to undermine psychoanalysis by claiming that it does not meet the rigors of science. Instead, he shows that scientific and psychoanalytic theories intersect because they are mechanisms of modern politics—biopolitics. Foucault suggests that politics determines the value of life and these sciences help to disseminate and promot…
Foucault’s Critique of the Science of Sexuality
Foucault’s critique of the science of sexuality takes aim at both Freud and science. Foucault does not, as is common, seek to undermine psychoanalysis by claiming that it does not meet the rigors of science. Instead, he shows that scientific and psychoanalytic theories intersect because they are mechanisms of modern politics—biopolitics. Foucault suggests that politics determines the value of life and these sciences help to disseminate and promot…
Irigaray’s Alternative Buddhist Practices of the Self
In lieu of an abstract, here is the opening paragraph of the essay:Luce Irigaray’s critics charge that her attempt to carve out a space for nature and the feminine self through an engagement with Buddhism smacks of Orientalism. Associating Buddhism with a philosophy of nature can lead to feminizing and exoticizing the non-Western other. Because she relies more on lessons learned from yogic teachers than Buddhist texts or scholarship, her work see…
Refuge and Refugees in Myanmar
An exploration of human rights violations against the Rohingya population, led by a Buddhist extremist group and under the watch of democracy icon, Aung San Suu Kyi, can shed light on the interplay of religion and Myanmar's state sovereignty as it emerges within a long history of British rule and domestic military dictatorship. This article suggests that the dynamic between religion and the burgeoning democracy in Myanmar can help explain why the…
Gifts and Ghosts
Because Europeans have shaped scholarly discourse about Southeast Asia and Buddhism, movement away from understanding “pure” Theravada Buddhism through religious and philosophical doctrine was a technique to decenter Western readings and shows how practitioners shaped their own beliefs. Stanley Tambiah called for academics to pay more attention to common beliefs of laypeople and everyday practices of monks. This, in turn, placed anthropologists a…
Buddhism (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works)