The grammars of adjudication
Most studies on Islamic, Arab, and Ottoman societies and civilizations are trapped into the evidentiary role of the texts that researchers have at their disposal, considerably reducing the role of text and language to a mimetic description of what happened. This book argues that an understanding of...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Presses de l'Ifpo
2007
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| Summary: | Most studies on Islamic, Arab, and Ottoman societies and civilizations are trapped into the evidentiary role of the texts that researchers have at their disposal, considerably reducing the role of text and language to a mimetic description of what happened. This book argues that an understanding of social relations primarily implies taking into consideration the textual production of society in terms of the meanings that could be ascribed to the texts themselves, and, second, that the analysi... |
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| ISBN: | 9782351590522 9782351592694 |
| Access: | Open Access |