The Authoritarian Personality
$101.79
- Paperback
1072 pages
- Release Date
5 November 2019
Summary
What makes a fascist? Are there character traits that make someone more likely to vote for the far right? The Authoritarian Personality, written in the shadow of Fascism and the Holocaust, looked to analyse the rise of Fascism in Europe through the specific psychological traits that make people prone to authoritarianism. Based on extensive empirical studies of Americans conducted by a team which included the leading member of the Frankfurt School Theodor Adorno, The Authoritarian…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788731645 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1788731646 |
| Author: | Theodor Adorno |
| Publisher: | Verso Books |
| Imprint: | Verso Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1072 |
| Release Date: | 5 November 2019 |
| Weight: | 1.00kg |
| Dimensions: | 56mm x 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
It is impossible to give any adequate idea of the richness of content. A monumental study which blazes new trails in the investigation of prejudice. – Richard A. Schermerhorn * Social Forces *
Theodor Adorno
Theodor Adorno was director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Frankfurt from 1956 until his death in 1969. His works include In Search of Wagner; Aesthetic Theory; Negative Dialectics; and (with Max Horkheimer) Dialectic of Enlightenment and Towards a New Manifesto.
Else Frenkel-Brunswik was a Polish-Austrian psychologist based at the University of California at Berkeley.
Daniel J. Levinson was a psychologist, and one of the founders of the field of positive adult development.
Nevitt Sanford was professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley.
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