Radu Umbres, "Living with Distrust: Morality and Cooperation in a Romanian Village "
English | ISBN: 0190869909 | 2022 | 248 pages | PDF | 10 MB
People in the Romanian village of Sateni distrust each other so much, that they would rather take a building apart than share it. Satenis think of life as struggle for scarce resources-a struggle that can lead to deception, exploitation, or predation. Cooperation with unrelated or unfamiliar partners fails while distrust permeates everyday life and cultural representations. Yet, each person engages in profound relationships with a particular set of people, expressed in cooperative actions.