LEADER 03028nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910781933903321 005 20230725053807.0 010 $a1-283-31477-0 010 $a9786613314772 010 $a90-272-8465-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000063419 035 $a(EBL)794523 035 $a(OCoLC)768761899 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000540275 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12232780 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540275 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10585308 035 $a(PQKB)10622251 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC794523 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL794523 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10508969 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL331477 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000063419 100 $a20110721d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPractices of truth$b[electronic resource] $ean ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts /$fBaudouin Dupret 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJohn Benjamins Pub. Co.$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (188 p.) 225 1 $aPragmatics & beyond,$x0922-842X ;$vnew ser., 214 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-272-5617-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLearning the truth: memorizing the Koran in an Egyptian kutta?b -- The context of truth practices: legislating the shari?a 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. 330 $aThe claim of this book is that truth is a matter of language games and practical achievements: it is a "member phenomenon". To document this statement, it proceeds to the investigation of instances of truth-related practices in various Arab contexts. Bearing on the constitution of actions and events, on what is factual or objective, on predictability, consequentiality, intentionality, causality, and on the many ways people orient to them, such a varied set of questions appears thoroughly moral. The praxeological respecification this book undertakes leads to important considerations regarding t 410 0$aPragmatics & beyond ;$vnew ser., 214. 606 $aTruthfulness and falsehood$zArab countries 606 $aTruthfulness and falsehood$xReligious aspects$xIslam 606 $aEthnology$zArab countries 615 0$aTruthfulness and falsehood 615 0$aTruthfulness and falsehood$xReligious aspects$xIslam. 615 0$aEthnology 676 $a306.440917/5927 700 $aDupret$b Baudouin$0802336 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781933903321 996 $aPractices of truth$93771076 997 $aUNINA