Mistrust

• Main Author: Mühlfried, Florian (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: transcript Verlag 2018
• Series: Kultur und soziale Praxis
• Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; social anthropology; trust; politics; society; crisis; cultural theory; cultural studies; cultural anthropology; culture; sociology; ethnology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...