Collectivist values of obedience, tradition, safety, and order breed territorial group thinking.

Evidence

Values central to collectivism are obedience, tradition, safety, and order. Given these values, societies develop specific social norms for how to maintain social harmony, fit in, and do the right thing as a group member. Moreover, when these values are salient, groups also tend to think of themselves in territorial terms (e.g., Triandis, 1996). For Germans, this took the form of belief in the sanctity of German soil and belief in a blood-based “Germanity.” — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 1025

Categorization

• XREF: Territorial/blood-based group thinking parallels the powerful-minority scapegoating mechanism where group boundaries become existentially threatened. — connects to: Moral judgments serve group cohesion, not abstract individual reasoning — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 465; Individualism and collectivism differ chiefly in in-group identity and loyalty — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1598; For collectivists, group membership and relationships constitute personal identity — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 1110 (+1 more)
• DEFINE: Names the specific value cluster (obedience, tradition, safety, order) that operationalizes collectivism.

Broader Connections

• For collectivists, group membership and relationships constitute personal identity #expands (0.85) — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 1110
• Individualism and collectivism differ chiefly in in-group identity and loyalty #expands (0.80) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1598
• Racial attitudes comprise a felt group position of superiority, proprietary claim, and perceived threat #corroborates (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3361
• Moral judgments serve group cohesion, not abstract individual reasoning #corroborates (0.75) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 465