Cultural type

Competitive cultural types

(Western culture)

Connective cultural types

(Eastern culture)

Territorial cultural types

individualistic competitive

collectivistic competitive

individualistic

connective

collectivistic

connective

interdependent territorial

individualistic territorial

collectivistic territorial

Perception

identity

relationship

relationship-identity

Morality

freedom

supremacy

reciprocity

cohesive relationship

clear boundary

Immorality

restriction

inferiority

egotism

divisive bigotry

unclear boundary

religion

Islam and Greek individualism

Judaism and Islam

Hinduism and Confucianism

Hinduism and Confucianism

Daoism, Buddhism, Christianity

individualistic local religion

collectivistic local religion

corresponding great ape

chimpanzee

bonobo

prehistoric human

orangutans

gorillas

rational system

rational-legal system

rational-infrastructural system

rational-territorial system

politics

liberal democracy

ideological collectivism

individualistic meritocracy

collectivistic meritocracy

individualistic territorialism

collectivistic territorialism

economy

private free market

state command

reciprocal connection (keiretsu)

group connection (zaibatsu)

market protectionism

command protectionism

foreign policy

offensive

infrastructural

territorial