Trust occupies a unique place in contemporary discourse. Seen as
both necessary and virtuous, it is variously depicted as enhancing
the social fabric, lowering crime rates, increasing happiness, and
generating prosperity. It allows for complex political systems,
permits human communication, underpins financial instruments and
economic institutions, and generally holds society together.
Against these overwhelmingly laudable qualities, mistrust often
goes unnoticed as a positive social phenomenon, treated as little
more than a corrosive absence, a mere negative of trust itself.
With this book, Matthew Carey proposes an ethnographic and
conceptual exploration of mistrust that raises it up as legitimate
stance in its own right. While mistrust can quickly ruin
relationships and even dissolve extensive social ties, Carey shows
that it might have other values. Drawing on fieldwork in Morocco's
High Atlas Mountains as well as comparative material from regions
stretching from Eastern Europe to Melanesia, he examines the impact
of mistrust on practices of conversation and communication,
friendship and society, and politics and cooperation. In doing so,
he demonstrates that trust is not the only basis for organizing
human society and cooperating with others. The result is a
provocative but enlightening work that makes us rethink social
issues such as suspicion, doubt, and uncertainty.
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