Practices of truth : an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts / Baudouin Dupret.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dupret, Baudouin.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 214.

Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser., 214

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truthfulness and falsehood--Arab countries.

Truthfulness and falsehood.

Truthfulness and falsehood--Religious aspects--Islam.

Ethnology--Arab countries.

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 t

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-31477-0

9786613314772

90-272-8465-2

OCLC:

768761899