Culture and dignity [[electronic resource] ] : dialogues between the Middle East and the West / / Laura Nader |
Autore | Nader Laura |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/25601821 |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Arab
Ethnology - Arab countries Arabs - Ethnic identity East and West |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-299-15783-1
1-118-31904-4 1-118-31902-8 |
Classificazione | SOC002010 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Culture and Dignity: Dialogues between the Middle East and the West; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Introduction; Indignities; Naturalizing Difference and the Great Transformation; Comparison, Ethnography, and History; References; Further Reading; 2 From Rifa' ah al-Tahtawi to Edward Said: Lessons in Culture and Dignity; Introduction; Rifa' ah al-Tahtawi and France; A Hundred Years Later: Edward Said; Concluding Comments; References; 3 Ethnography as Theory: On the Roots of Controversy in Anthropology; Introduction; Unstated Consensus; Defining Ethnographic Worth: 1896-2000
Ethnographic AudiencesAn Outsider Looking In on Anthropology's Ethnography; Concluding Comments; Note; References; Further Reading; 4 Orientalism, Occidentalism, and the Control of Women; Cultural Hierarchy and Processes of Control; The Specificity of Eastern and Western Grids; Positional Superiority, Thought Systems, and Other Cultures; Ways of Seeing and Comparing - East and West; The Controlling Role of Ideas; The Use of Revolution in Gender Control; Multiple Systems of Female Subordination; Colonialism, Development, Religion, and Gender Control; Conclusion: The Need to Separate Identities AcknowledgmentsNotes; References; Further Reading; 5 Corporate Fundamentalism: Constructing Childhood in the United States and Elsewhere; Introduction; Manufacturing Culture Bit by Bit; Fundamentalisms: Corporate and Religious; Marketing and Children: The United States; Drugs, Commercialism, and the Biomedical Paradigm: An American Example; When Corporate Profits and Education Meet: The Educational Testing Industry; Fundamentalisms: Economic, Religious, Political; Back to Corporate Fundamentalism: Future Directions; References; Further Reading 6 Culture and the Seeds of Nonviolence in the Middle EastIntroduction; Disharmonic Westernization and Pilgrimage; Between the Stereotype and Reality; Little Worlds in the International Grip; Culture and Nonviolence: Who Stands to Gain From Peace?; Dignity Becomes Reality; References; Further Reading; 7 Normative Blindness and Unresolved Human Rights Issues: The Hypocrisy of Our Age; Introduction; Early Constraints; Unresolved Issues; A Nonstate Human Rights Effort; Health and Human Rights; Human Rights and Commercialism; Concluding Remarks; Note; References 8 Breaking the Silence: Politics and Professional AutonomyIntroduction; Silence and Dominant Hegemonies; Desensitization; Mistakes Repeated in the Iraq Invasion; Note; References; 9 Lessons; Lessons Learned; Strategies of Subordination - In Reverse; Macro-histories; References; Appendix Laura Nader: Selected Publications Relating to the Middle East; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463338703321 |
Nader Laura | ||
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Culture and dignity [[electronic resource] ] : dialogues between the Middle East and the West / / Laura Nader |
Autore | Nader Laura |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | xx, 240 p |
Disciplina | 303.48/25601821 |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Arab
Ethnology - Arab countries Arabs - Ethnic identity East and West |
ISBN |
1118319028
9781118319024 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796086603321 |
Nader Laura | ||
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Culture and dignity : dialogues between the Middle East and the West / / Laura Nader |
Autore | Nader Laura |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | xx, 240 p |
Disciplina | 303.48/25601821 |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Arab
Ethnology - Arab countries Arabs - Ethnic identity East and West |
ISBN |
1118319028
9781118319024 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Culture and Dignity: Dialogues between the Middle East and the West -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Indignities -- Naturalizing Difference and the Great Transformation -- Comparison, Ethnography, and History -- References -- Further Reading -- 2 From Rifa' ah al-Tahtawi to Edward Said: Lessons in Culture and Dignity -- Introduction -- Rifa' ah al-Tahtawi and France -- A Hundred Years Later: Edward Said -- Concluding Comments -- References -- 3 Ethnography as Theory: On the Roots of Controversy in Anthropology -- Introduction -- Unstated Consensus -- Defining Ethnographic Worth: 1896-2000 -- Ethnographic Audiences -- An Outsider Looking In on Anthropology's Ethnography -- Concluding Comments -- Note -- References -- Further Reading -- 4 Orientalism, Occidentalism, and the Control of Women -- Cultural Hierarchy and Processes of Control -- The Specificity of Eastern and Western Grids -- Positional Superiority, Thought Systems, and Other Cultures -- Ways of Seeing and Comparing - East and West -- The Controlling Role of Ideas -- The Use of Revolution in Gender Control -- Multiple Systems of Female Subordination -- Colonialism, Development, Religion, and Gender Control -- Conclusion: The Need to Separate Identities -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Further Reading -- 5 Corporate Fundamentalism: Constructing Childhood in the United States and Elsewhere -- Introduction -- Manufacturing Culture Bit by Bit -- Fundamentalisms: Corporate and Religious -- Marketing and Children: The United States -- Drugs, Commercialism, and the Biomedical Paradigm: An American Example -- When Corporate Profits and Education Meet: The Educational Testing Industry -- Fundamentalisms: Economic, Religious, Political -- Back to Corporate Fundamentalism: Future Directions -- References -- Further Reading.
6 Culture and the Seeds of Nonviolence in the Middle East -- Introduction -- Disharmonic Westernization and Pilgrimage -- Between the Stereotype and Reality -- Little Worlds in the International Grip -- Culture and Nonviolence: Who Stands to Gain From Peace? -- Dignity Becomes Reality -- References -- Further Reading -- 7 Normative Blindness and Unresolved Human Rights Issues: The Hypocrisy of Our Age -- Introduction -- Early Constraints -- Unresolved Issues -- A Nonstate Human Rights Effort -- Health and Human Rights -- Human Rights and Commercialism -- Concluding Remarks -- Note -- References -- 8 Breaking the Silence: Politics and Professional Autonomy -- Introduction -- Silence and Dominant Hegemonies -- Desensitization -- Mistakes Repeated in the Iraq Invasion -- Note -- References -- 9 Lessons -- Lessons Learned -- Strategies of Subordination - In Reverse -- Macro-histories -- References -- Appendix Laura Nader: Selected Publications Relating to the Middle East -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822484103321 |
Nader Laura | ||
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Practices of truth [[electronic resource] ] : an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts / / Baudouin Dupret |
Autore | Dupret Baudouin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.440917/5927 |
Collana | Pragmatics & beyond |
Soggetto topico |
Truthfulness and falsehood - Arab countries
Truthfulness and falsehood - Religious aspects - Islam Ethnology - Arab countries |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-31477-0
9786613314772 90-272-8465-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457810003321 |
Dupret Baudouin | ||
Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Practices of truth [[electronic resource] ] : an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts / / Baudouin Dupret |
Autore | Dupret Baudouin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.440917/5927 |
Collana | Pragmatics & beyond |
Soggetto topico |
Truthfulness and falsehood - Arab countries
Truthfulness and falsehood - Religious aspects - Islam Ethnology - Arab countries |
ISBN |
1-283-31477-0
9786613314772 90-272-8465-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781933903321 |
Dupret Baudouin | ||
Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Practices of truth : an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts / / Baudouin Dupret |
Autore | Dupret Baudouin |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.440917/5927 |
Collana | Pragmatics & beyond |
Soggetto topico |
Truthfulness and falsehood - Arab countries
Truthfulness and falsehood - Religious aspects - Islam Ethnology - Arab countries |
ISBN |
1-283-31477-0
9786613314772 90-272-8465-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825879003321 |
Dupret Baudouin | ||
Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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