Pack of Lies - Towards a Sociology of Lying

Klappentext Defining lies as statements that are intended to deceive! this book considers the contexts in which people tell lies and explores the consequences. Professor Barnes argues that although there are! in all societies! good pragmatic reasons for not lying all the time! there are strong reasons for lying some of the time. Zusammenfassung This book considers the contexts in which people tell lies and explores the consequences. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgments; l. What is a lie? 2. Where lies are expected; 3. Ambiguous domains; 4. Science; 5. Cultural diversity; 6. Structural relations; 7. Self-deception and connivance in deceit; 8. Telling and detecting lies; 9. Benign untruths: the discourse of fiction; l0. Evaluations; 11. Do we have to lie?.

Product details

• Authors: J. A. Barnes, J.A. Barnes
• Assisted by: Jack Goody (Editor), Geoffrey Hawthorn (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.1994
• EAN: 9780521459785
• ISBN: 978-0-521-45978-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Themes in the Social Sciences
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories