Civilization/ community

Worldview

Boundary

Basic human nature

Rule of

Democracy

Origin

Territory rational civilization

Territorial

Rigid

Good ingroup and bad outgroup

boundary

Nationalist

Tribes before Axial Age

Discrete rational civilization

Discrete

Flexible

Discrete bad individuals

law

Liberty-equality

Middle East and Grace in Axial Age

Connective rational civilization

Connective

Flexible

Connective good individuals

relation

Common wellbeing

India and China

in Axial Age

Globalized

integrated community

Integrated

Open

Open individuals

integration

None

WB, IMF, WTO

Internationalized interdependent community

Interdependent

Varied

Interdependent individuals

interdependence

None

The New Axial Age