一个课题成为国内外学术界共同的热点并不多见。原因是显明的,中国与发达国家的社会状况迥然有异,双方学者感受到的问题与刺激是不同的。比如,人家时下的热门学术话题是后现代、女权、医疗社会学,而我们的热门话题是现代化、农民工、社会保障。毕竟,社会矛盾是理论家萌发学术冲动的源头。一个问题引起一个社会中的实干家和理论家的共同关心,同样鲜见。原因也是浅显的。实干家和理论家的性情、眼界、社会功能都截然不同。前者功利、实用、忙碌,以夸夸其谈好高骛远为大忌;后者批判、怀疑、理想,以高瞻远瞩语出惊人为荣耀。但是居然就有一个问题一下子成为国内、国外、实干家、理论家的共同话题。这就是“信任”问题。在当今中国,渴望理解乃至改善信任成为众多社会角色的共同需求,这也是促使编辑这套丛书的动力之源。这套丛书规模较小,只有三种,但应该 It is rare for a subject to become a common hot spot both at home and abroad. The reason is obvious. The social conditions in China and in developed countries are very different. The problems perceived by both scholars are different from stimuli. For example, the hot academic topics nowadays are post-modern, feminist and medical sociology, and our hot topics are modernization, migrant workers and social security. After all, social contradictions are the source of academic motivation for theorists. It is equally rare for a problem to arouse the common concern of doers and theorists in a society. The reason is simple. The masculine and theorist’s temperament, horizons, social functions are completely different. The former is utilitarian, practical and busy, with a high degree of rhetoric is far taboo; the latter criticism, suspicion, ideals, with a farsighted vision of glory. However, there is actually a problem that suddenly becomes the common topic of domestic and foreign experts and theorists. This is the “trust” issue. In China today, the common desire to understand and even improve trust as social actors is also a source of motivation for editing this series. This series of books is small, only three, but it should be