Engagement of distrust under the conditions of transitive social relations

The article analyzes the relationship of trust and distrust within a changing society. Distrust is a form of social relations dialectically related to trust and is actualized in today's society. The aim of the article is to identify opportunities for socio-philosophical «reversal» of trust and determine the status of distrust as a result of transitive social practices and a tool of research. It is shown that the situational dichotomy of «trust-distrust» is caused by doubt, suspicion, and lack of confidence. Society, being a priori certain that the social order can be broken, blocks in advance the possibility of such violations and creates «barriers» in the form of formal and institutional structures. Distrust is a blocker of the violation of trust when the trust is a part of the normative order. The more complex is the society’s structure, the more complex become barriers and boundaries of trust, «reversing» it into it in distrust. The article presents the typology of formalized and non-formalized barriers and boundaries of trust (distrust a priori). On the one hand, these forms and institutions have a protective function and strengthen the trust; on the other hand they outline the boundaries of trust and act as its opponents.