Opening: 18.01.2014
Exhibition on view until 19.01.2014
Location: San Art Laboratory
40/18 Phạm Viết Chánh, Bình Thạnh , HCMC, Vietnam
In this workshop session, Thanes Wongyannava discusses the ideas concerning ‘Buddhocentrism’, which embraces the idea of Buddhism as a system of ideas in contemporary life that has moved away from a focus on ‘enlightenment’ towards a belief in all things ‘delightful’ – meaning a focus on anything that entertains, satiates desire and is popularly in demand.
Thanes Wongyannava also discusses the concept of ‘polizei’ as an idea of...
Thanes Wongyannava (b. 1957), associate professor of Political Science, is a sociologist by training from Chulalongkorn University-Thailand, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Cambridge University. He has been teaching politic and philosophy at the Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University for three decades, and being an editor for Political Science Journal for almost two decades. Apart from writing on social and political theory of the twentieth and twenty-first century, he has also covered other diverse topics such as social history, Italian food in Bangkok and film critique on weekly newspapers. His latest...
Opening: 21.01.2014 @6:30pm
Location: Hoa Sen University
Room NZ0204
Hoa Sen University
8 Nguyen Van Trang, D.1, HCMc
The second of his lecture series within ‘Encounter’, Thanes Wongyannava will continue to discuss his ideas concerning ‘Buddhocentrism’, which embraces the idea of Buddhism as a system of ideas in contemporary life that has moved away from a focus on ‘enlightenment’ towards a belief in all things ‘delightful’ – meaning a focus on anything that entertains, satiates desire and is popularly in demand. He will look at how visual...
Opening: 16.01.2014 @6:30pm
Location: Hoa Sen University
Room NZ0204
Hoa Sen University
8 Nguyen Van Trang, D.1, HCMc
Thanes Wongyannava will discuss his ideas concerning ‘Buddhocentrism’, which embraces the idea of Buddhism as a system of ideas in contemporary life that has moved away from a focus on ‘enlightenment’ towards a belief in all things ‘delightful’ – meaning a focus on anything that entertains, satiates desire and is popularly in demand. He will look at how visual art illustrates such attitude, including an examination of how we understand...
