Valued De + Qi

Unvalued Di + Qe

Description

Individual-horizontal values

People as autonomous individuals, independent of group membership.

Society envisioned as maximizing personal freedoms.

Independence of thought, identity, and action from collective authority.

Orientation toward epistemic openness and the new.

Negative extreme: anarchism.

General Meaning

Individuality

Informational Level

Free horizontal flow of information

Social Level

Horizontal structures, person as irreducible self

Psychological Level

Informal, equal relationships across rank and origin

Physical Level

Rank-indifferent bodily bearing

Spectrum Clusters

The characteristic factors

1
Cluster Description

Individual freedom and autonomy

2
Cluster Description

Egalitarianism and horizontal connections

3
Cluster Description

Protection of rights and transparency

4
Cluster Description

Anti-authoritarianism and skepticism toward hierarchies

5
Cluster Description

Humanitarian values and individuality