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Mistrust: Ethnographic Approximations
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Abstract Scholars have long seen trust as a foundational social good. We therefore have ample studies on building trust in free markets, on cultivating trust in the state, and on rebuilding trust through civil society. The contributors to this volume, instead, take a step back. They ask: Can mistrust ever be... view more
Scholars have long seen trust as a foundational social good. We therefore have ample studies on building trust in free markets, on cultivating trust in the state, and on rebuilding trust through civil society. The contributors to this volume, instead, take a step back. They ask: Can mistrust ever be more than the flip side of trust, more than the sign of an absence or failure? By looking ethnographically at what a variety of actors actually do when they express mistrust, this volume offers a richly empirical trove of the social life of mistrust across a range of settings.... view less
Keywords
cultural anthropology; ethnology; cultural studies; confidence
Classification
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Free Keywords
Crisis; Cultural Anthropology; Cultural Studies; Cultural Theory; Culture; Ethnology; Politics; Social Anthropology; Society; Sociology; Trust
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
232 p.
Series
Kultur und soziale Praxis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839439234
ISBN
978-3-8394-3923-4
Status
Published Version; reviewed