Trust as passion can rest on either close familiarity or massive social distance

Evidence

Trust as a human passion may rest on close familiarity or massive social distance. Many have trusted their Queen (or Stalin) as implicitly as ever they have trusted their spouse or favourite sibling. The essence of trust as a passion is the confident expectation of benign intentions in another free agent. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1068

Categorization

• QUESTION: Contrast with Luhmann’s familiarity-based account — if passionate trust springs from massive social distance too, then familiarity is not its substrate.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1068
• XREF: connects to: Long acquaintance provides a better trust basis than sudden love; Love lets trust escalate fast without requiring shared associates or community support; Socially extensive and enduring trust is inherently difficult to create — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1499 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Trust as passion in institutions is an unreflective substitute for sceptical trust as policy #expands (0.80)