ANALYSIS OF RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING THE PHENOMENON OF TRUST

Abstract

The research analyzes the most significant approaches to the phenomenon of trust existing in the Russian and foreign research literature. Their consideration is carried out in the context of the modern socio-political and cultural situation, it is proved that at present the interest in this phenomenon is dictated by the peculiarities of the modern world and Russian society development stage. In this regard, the interpretation of the definition of “trust” in various spheres of human activity is considered: business, philosophy, various branches of science. The approaches of various research schools representatives to this phenomenon are investigated. A certain conceptual and methodological pluralism is demonstrated, which is fixed in studies of the corresponding category. The researcher attempts to give a universal definition of the concept “trust” with the help of the analysis of various approaches by studying a wide range of research literature.