03062nam 2200625 a 450 991045781000332120200520144314.01-283-31477-0978661331477290-272-8465-2(CKB)2550000000063419(EBL)794523(OCoLC)768761899(SSID)ssj0000540275(PQKBManifestationID)12232780(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540275(PQKBWorkID)10585308(PQKB)10622251(MiAaPQ)EBC794523(Au-PeEL)EBL794523(CaPaEBR)ebr10508969(CaONFJC)MIL331477(EXLCZ)99255000000006341920110721d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPractices of truth[electronic resource] an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts /Baudouin DupretAmsterdam ;Philadelphia John Benjamins Pub. Co.20111 online resource (188 p.)Pragmatics & beyond,0922-842X ;new ser., 214Description based upon print version of record.90-272-5617-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Learning the truth: memorizing the Koran in an Egyptian kuttâb -- The context of truth practices: legislating the sharîa at the shopfloor level -- Telling the truth: the judge and the law in family matters -- The truth about oneself: three Arab channels and their self-presentation -- Speaking the truth: advocacy video clips against terror -- Narratives of truth: documenting the mind in a psychiatric hospital -- Conclusion: Truth: a matter of language game and practical achievement.The claim of this book is that truth is a matter of language games and practical achievements: it is a "member phenomenon". To document this statement, it proceeds to the investigation of instances of truth-related practices in various Arab contexts. Bearing on the constitution of actions and events, on what is factual or objective, on predictability, consequentiality, intentionality, causality, and on the many ways people orient to them, such a varied set of questions appears thoroughly moral. The praxeological respecification this book undertakes leads to important considerations regarding tPragmatics & beyond ;new ser., 214.Truthfulness and falsehoodArab countriesTruthfulness and falsehoodReligious aspectsIslamEthnologyArab countriesElectronic books.Truthfulness and falsehoodTruthfulness and falsehoodReligious aspectsIslam.Ethnology306.440917/5927Dupret Baudouin802336MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457810003321Practices of truth2258580UNINA