The Transformation of Trust Relationships: Reflection on Giddens' Theory of Modernity
Abstract
Study of the modern theory of Giddens large system, trust the consistency of its internal clues. In his view, trust is the basis of personal body safety system, is the ontological security and the link between the external environment, in which the trust relationship to a particular individual living environment as a precondition. Since the Enlightenment, with the modern development of the human living environment has undergone fundamental changes, resulting in the trust relationship from the "regional" relations of trust to the "off field" of trust changes. "Off field" of a trust relationship based on symbols and on the basis of expert system, which allows people to form a series of psychological adaptive response, such as "luck" attitude, "pragmatic" attitude, "cynical pessimism." attitudes. Giddens significance of modern thinking is reflected in its research methods, has been reflected in its warning on reality. Inspecting the whole modernistic theoretical systems of Giddens ', trust relationship is its inner consistent clue. According to the viewpoints of Giddens', trust is the base of individual's ontological security system, and also the ligament between the ontological security and the outer environment. The formation of trust depends upon certain living environments. As the Enlightenment comes forth and the modernity comes along, the living surroundings of human race have greatly changed, which result in the transformation of trust relationships, that is, the transformation from "regional" trusts to "disembeding" ones. "Disembeding" trusts lay its bases upon the symbolic signs and the expert systems. They have led to a series of adaptive responses, such as fortune attitude, practical attitude and the cynic pessimism attitude. The significances of Giddens' modernistic thoughts exhibit not only on its methodology, but also on its vigilance