Practice(s) of Trusting. Commentary on Gil Eyal, Larry Au and Cristian Capotescu’s “Trust Is a Verb!”

Abstract

This comment on Eyal et al.’s (2024) “Trust Is a Verb!” supports their view of trusting as a skillful, context- and time-dependent practice. It argues that their approach is reconcilable with the literatures they criticize as well as work they have not taken into account. The comment points out that Eyal et al. eschew the core question of what “trusting” is about and they remain vague on how trusting as practice turns into discernable practices.

Keywords

• trust
• leap of faith
• practice theory
• active trust
• trust research