03161nam 2200673 a 450 991095988470332120240514050920.01-283-31477-0978661331477290-272-8465-210.1075/pbns.214(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(DE-B1597)721418(DE-B1597)9789027284655(EXLCZ)99255000000006341920110721d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPractices of truth an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts /Baudouin Dupret1st ed.Amsterdam ;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 countriesTruthfulness and falsehoodTruthfulness and falsehoodReligious aspectsIslam.Ethnology306.440917/5927LB 58335rvkDupret Baudouin802336MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959884703321Practices of truth4375021UNINA