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Practices of truth : an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
2011.
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| Colección: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
new ser., 214. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.