Valued Di + Qe

Unvalued De + Qi

Description

Collective-vertical values

People as representatives of their group, rank, or tribe.

Society envisioned as preserving hierarchy and in-group cohesion.

Alignment of thought and action with collective authority.

Orientation toward epistemic closure and the established.

Negative extreme: totalitarianism.

General Meaning

Collectivity

Informational Level

Hierarchical control of information access

Social Level

Vertical structures, person as collective role-defined unit

Psychological Level

Formal, ranked relationships, structured by in-group/out-group status

Biological Level

Higher bodily ambient vigilance

Spectrum Clusters

The characteristic factors

1
Cluster Description

Hierarchy and vertical power

2
Cluster Description

Collective identity and loyalty

3
Cluster Description

Group interests above the individual

4
Cluster Description

Patriotism, nationalism, tradition

5
Cluster Description

Control and sanctions