Trust The Evolutionary Game of Mind and Society /

• Main Author: Yamagishi, Toshio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Tokyo, 2011.
• Series: The Science of the Mind,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Behavioral sciences.; Sociology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Sociology, general.; Behavioral Sciences.

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...