Trust

<strong>Trust</strong> is inherent in travel. We ask a stranger for directions or for a ride.We live among people whose language culture and motivations we dont... » 

Trust is inherent in travel. We ask a stranger for directions or for a ride.We live among people whose language culture and motivations we dontunderstand. Trust binds us to another with an intoxicating energy it is bravegiddy joyous and lustful. A sudden attraction careens into sexual surrenderand trust becomes unconditional. Trust laughs at danger and leaps into theunknown.The author of Abuses and Foreign Bodies Alphonso Lingis has traveled the globefor many years and in Trust he reflects on journeys from Latin America to Asiato Antarctica. Whether feeding chocolate sauce and tuna to the baboons whovisit his campsite in Ethiopia celebrating the millennial New Year inMongolia or indulging in a passionate love affair in Vietnam Lingis evaluateswhat happens around him and how it affects him and others. From theseexperiences he gains new understandings about spirituality masculinity lovedeath ecstasy and change.In the tradition of such international travelers as Paul Theroux Pico Iyerand Ryszard Kapuscinski and with insight reminiscent of John Berger and JoanDidion Lingis shares both the private revelations and the universalconnections he acquires on his exotic journeys. Travel far enough heconcludes and we find ourselves happily back in the infantile worldwheretrust is ultimate.Alphonso Lingis is author of The Community of Those Who Have Nothing in CommonDangerous Emotions Abuses and Foreign Bodies. He is professor emeritus ofphilosophy at Pennsylvania State University. «