Trust in trust takes several structurally distinct forms

Evidence

Trust placed in them has to rise up to the same level of reflexivity, otherwise it would experience continual disappointment. It is then no longer a matter of the other person remaining what he is, but rather of his continuing his self-presentation and of feeling himself bound by his past self-presentation. To the extent that this reflexivity becomes conscious, personal trust too becomes a variant of system trust. Only trust in the capacity for self-presentation to be reflected contains a guarantee for suitable continuity of behaviour under difficult, changing conditions. Only this form of trust regards the other person as truly free – and not merely as a being with certain constant characteristics. Only this form of trust can make itself conscious of the function of trust, the function of the reduction of complexity in the face of the freedom of the other person, and in this awareness find an orientation. — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 239 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Personal trust becomes a variant of system trust when it reflects on self-presentation — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 239; Trust is domain-specific, varying by context and relationship rather than globally.; Trust institutions vary dramatically in the guardianship they receive — Shapiro, Susan P., The Social Control of Impersonal Trust, 151 (+1 more)

Related

• Trust stems from societal self-presentation conditions, not only individual strategies as Goffman holds. (similarity 0.92)
• Personal trust becomes a variant of system trust when it reflects on self-presentation (similarity 0.91)
• Personal trust forms only where a personality is socially indispensable (similarity 0.91)
• Trust in trust takes four distinct reflexive forms with different risks (similarity 0.87)
• Self-presentation presumes minimum trust, and trust expands possible actions and accumulates as capital. (similarity 0.86)
• Personal trust rests on expecting others to keep the personality they display (similarity 0.86)
• Winning trust requires participating socially and absorbing others’ expectations into one’s self-presentation (similarity 0.86)
• Social norms make people present stable identities that others can trust (similarity 0.86)
• Personal trust attaches where an individual’s personality is structurally irreplaceable (similarity 0.85)
• Trust and law evolved from a common root into differentiated mechanisms (similarity 0.85)
• Modern societies increasingly substitute self-presentation for feeling as a basis of trust (similarity 0.85)
• System trust operates independently of individuals’ personal readiness to trust (similarity 0.85)
• System trust resists individual disappointments, unlike personal trust. (similarity 0.84)
• Reflexive personal trust becomes trust in tact and disciplined self-presentation (similarity 0.84)
• As societies grow more complex, trust shifts from shared worldviews to specialized competence. (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Personal trust becomes a variant of system trust when it reflects on self-presentation #exemplifies (0.75) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 239