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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337712103321

Autore

Mühlfried Florian

Titolo

Mistrust : A Global Perspective / / by Florian Mühlfried

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019

ISBN

9783030114701

3030114708

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VII, 111 p. 2 illus.)

Disciplina

306

153.4

Soggetti

Ethnology

Culture - Study and teaching

Culture

Political sociology

Sociocultural Anthropology

Ethnography

Cultural Studies

Sociology of Culture

Political Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Distrusting Mistrust -- Chapter 2. Mistrusting the System -- Chapter 3. Mistrust and Complexity -- Chapter 4. Radical Forms of Mistrust -- Chapter 5. Mistrusting the Obvious -- Chapter 6. Crisis of Mistrust.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the social practice of mistrust through the lens of social anthropology. In focusing on the citizens of the Caucasus, a region located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, Mühlfried counters the postcolonial discourse that routinely treats these individuals, known for their mistrust of the state, as "others." Combining ethnographic observations presenting mistrust as an observable reality with socio-political issues from a non-Western region, Mühlfried opens up a non-Eurocentric perspective on an underexplored social practice



and a major counterpoint to the well-examined social phenomenon of "trust." This perspective allows for a more profound understanding of pressing issues such as populist movements and post-truth politics.