Clash of Civilizations
In contrast to territorial delineation, others, like the American political scientist Samuel P. Huntington "(see The Clash of Civilizations)", consider what is "Western" based on religious affiliation, such as deeming the majority-Western Christian part of Europe and North America the West, and creating 6 other civilizations, including Latin America, Confucian, Japanese, Islamic, Hindu and Slavic-Orthodox, to organize the rest of the globe.