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Trust

The Evolutionary Game of Mind and Society

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  • © 2011

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Authors:
  1. Toshio Yamagishi

    1. Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido Uni, Sapporo, Japan

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  • See the dark underbelly of the “trust-based” Japanese system
  • Collectivist societies promote security, but at the same time destroy trust
  • In addition to the relationship-fortifying function of trust, this book emphasizes the role of trust in expanding social relations
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: The Science of the Mind (The Science of the Mind)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Toshio Yamagishi
    Pages 1-6

  3. Paradoxes of Trust

    • Toshio Yamagishi
    Pages 7-20

  4. Conceptual Clarifications

    • Toshio Yamagishi
    Pages 21-35

  5. The Emancipation Theory of Trust

    • Toshio Yamagishi
    Pages 37-59

  6. Assurance in Japan, Trust in the US

    • Toshio Yamagishi
    Pages 61-78

  7. Trust and Commitment Formation

    • Toshio Yamagishi
    Pages 79-105

  8. Trust as Social Intelligence

    • Toshio Yamagishi
    Pages 107-131

  9. In Search of a Foundation for an Open Society

    • Toshio Yamagishi
    Pages 133-145

  10. Epilog to the English Edition

    • Toshio Yamagishi
    Pages 147-168

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 169-177
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This book is written around the central message that collectivist societies produce security, but destroy trust. In collectivist societies, people are connected through networks of strong personal ties where the behavior of all agents is constantly monitored and controlled. As a result, individuals in collectivist networks are assured that others will abide by social norms, and gain a sense of security erroneously thought of as “trust.” However, this book argues that this security is not truly trust, based on beliefs regarding the integrity of others, but assurance, based on the system of mutual control within the network. In collectivist societies, security is assured insofar as people stay within the network, but people do not trust in the benevolence of human nature. On the one hand, transaction costs are reduced within collectivist networks, as once accepted into a network the risk of being maltreated is minimized. However, joining the network requires individuals to pay opportunity cost, that is, they pay a cost by forgoing potentially superior opportunities outside the security of the network. In this era of globalization, people from traditionally collectivistic societies face the challenge of learning how to free themselves from the security of such collectivistic networks in order to explore the opportunities open to them elsewhere. This book presents research investigating how the minds of individuals are shaped by the conflict between maintaining security inside closed networks of strong ties, and venturing outside of the network to seek out new opportunities.

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  • Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido Uni, Sapporo, Japan

    Toshio Yamagishi

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