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19%OFFMatthew Carey - Mistrust: An Ethnographic Theory (Malinowski Monographs) - 9780997367522 - V9780997367522
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Mistrust: An Ethnographic Theory (Malinowski Monographs)

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Description for Mistrust: An Ethnographic Theory (Malinowski Monographs) Paperback. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: UY; WZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
HAU
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
134
Place of Publication
IL, United States
ISBN
9780997367522
SKU
V9780997367522
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About Matthew Carey
Matthew Carey is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Copenhagen.

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