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Lies that bind : Chinese truth, other truths / Susan D. Blum.
Publication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2007.Description: viii, 233 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 074255404X (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780742554047 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0742554058 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780742554054 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 177/.30951 22
- BJ1421.A45 B58 2007
Contents:
Deception and truth -- Truth, lying, and deception : Blum's Maxims for China -- China present -- Tricks and traps : deception and cleverness -- For their own good : benevolent deception and flattery -- State secrets and fakes : the true, the real, the transparent, and the squelched -- Longing for honesty -- China past -- Crooked and straight : right action and strategy in premodern China -- A social theory of truth : language in revolutionary China -- Humanity and language -- Truth and deception across time and space -- Knowing how to play with words and minds -- Appendix : theoretical foundations and implications.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-218) and index.
Deception and truth -- Truth, lying, and deception : Blum's Maxims for China -- China present -- Tricks and traps : deception and cleverness -- For their own good : benevolent deception and flattery -- State secrets and fakes : the true, the real, the transparent, and the squelched -- Longing for honesty -- China past -- Crooked and straight : right action and strategy in premodern China -- A social theory of truth : language in revolutionary China -- Humanity and language -- Truth and deception across time and space -- Knowing how to play with words and minds -- Appendix : theoretical foundations and implications.
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