The authoritarian personality / by T.W. Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Daniel J. Levinson, R. Nevitt Sanford ; in collaboration with Betty Aron, Maria Hertz Levinson and William Morrow ; with a new introduction by Peter E. Gordon.

• Part one. The measurement of ideological trends. The contrasting ideologies of two college men: a preliminary view -- (Mack: a man high on ethnocentrism -- Larry: a man low on ethnocentrism -- Analysis of the two cases: Ideology concerning the Jews ; General ethnocentrism ; Politics ; Religion ; Vocation and income) -- The study of anti-Semitic ideology -- (Construction of the Anti-Semitism (A-S) Scale: General rules in item formulation ; Major subdivisions or areas: the subscales ; The total Anti-Semitism (A-S) Scale -- Results: statistical analysis of the scale: Reliability ; Intercorrelations of the subscales ; Internal consistency: statistical analysis of the individual items -- The short form of the A-S Scale -- Validation by case studies: the responses of Mack and Larry on the A-S Scale -- Discussion: the structure of anti-Semitic ideology) -- The study of ethnocentric ideology -- (Construction of the Ethnocentrism (E) Scale: The Total Ethnocentrism (E) Scale -- Second form of the E Scale -- The inclusion of anti-Semitism within general ethnocentrism: The third form of the E Scale ; The fourth form of the E Scale ; A suggested final E Scale -- Validation by case studies: the responses of Mack and Larry on the E Scale -- Conclusions: The structure of ethnocentric ideology) -- Politico-economic ideology and group memberships in relation to ethnocentrism -- (Construction of the Politico-Economic Conservatism (PEC) Scale: Some major trends in contemporary Liberalism and Conservatism. 
• The initial PEC Scale ; The second PEC Scale ; The third PEC Scale ; Discussion: some patterns of contemporary Liberalism and Conservatism -- ; The relation between ethnocentrism and Conservatism -- Validation by case studies: the responses of Mack and Larry on the PEC Scale -- The relation between ethnocentrism and membership in various political and economic groupings) -- Ethnocentrism in relation to some religious attitudes and practices -- (Results: Religious group memberships ; "Importance" of religion and the church) -- The measurement of implicit antidemocratic trends -- (Construction of the Fascism (F) Scale: The underlying theory ; The formulation of scale items -- Results with successive forms of the F Scale: Statistical properties of the preliminary scale ; Item analysis and revision of the preliminary scale ; The second F Scale ; The third F scale -- Correlations of the F Scale with E and with PEC -- Difference in mean F-Scale score among various groups -- Validation by case studies: the F-Scale responses of Mack and Larry) -- Ethnocentrism in relation to intelligence and education.
• Part two. Personality as revealed through clinical interviews. The interviews as an approach to the prejudiced personality -- (Introduction: Comparison of groups -- Selection of subjects for the interviews: Basis of selection ; Representiveness of the interviewees ; Approaching the interviewees -- The interviewers -- Scope and technique of the interview: General plan ; "Underlying" and "manifest" questions ; General instructions for the interviewers -- The interviewer schedule: Vocation ; Income ; Religion ; Clinical data ; Politics ; Minorities and "race" -- The scoring of the interview: Quantification of interview data ; Broad outline of categories in the interview scoring manual ; The interview rating procedure and the raters ; Reliability of the interview ratings ; Minimization halo-effects in rating the interviews ; Tabulation of interview ratings by categories: statistical significance) -- Parents and childhood as seen through the interviews -- (Attitudes toward parents and conception of the family: Definition of rating categories and quantitative results ; Idealization vs. objective appraisal of parents ; Genuineness of affect ; Feeling of victimization ; Submission vs. principled independence ; Dependence for things vs. dependence for love ; Ingroup orientation to the family -- Conceptions of childhood environment: Image of the father in men: distant and stern vs. relaxed and mild ; Image of the father in women: the role of provider ; Image of the mother: sacrifice, moralism, restrictiveness ; Parental conflict ; Father-dominated vs. mother -orientated home ; Discipline: harsh application of rules vs. assimilation of principles -- Childhood events and attitudes toward siblings: Attitudes towards siblings ; Childhood events ; Status concern) --. 
• Sex, people, and self as seen through the interviews -- (Attitude towards sex: Status via sex ; Moralistic rejection of instinctual tendencies ; "Pure" vs. "bad" women ; Ego-alien ambivalence vs. "fondness" ; Exploitive manipulation for power ; Conventionality vs. individualism -- Attitude toward people: Moralistic condemnation vs. permissiveness ; Extrapunitiveness ; World as jungle ; Hierarchical vs. equalitarian conception of human relations ; Dependence for things ; Manipulation vs. libidinization of people and genuine work adjustment ; Social status vs. intrinsic worth in friendship -- Attitude toward present self: Self-glorification vs. objective appraisal ; Masculinity and femininity ; Conventionalism and moralism ; Conformity of self and ideal ; Denial of sociopsychological causation ; Property as extension of self -- Conception of childhood self: "Difficult" child ; Blandness vs. adult-orientation ; Contrasting picture of childhood and present ; Summary of attitude toward present self and general self) -- Dynamic and cognitive personality organization as seen through the interviews -- (Dynamic character structure: Orality and anality ; Dependence ; Aggression ; Ambivalence ; Identification ; Superego ; Strength of the ego ; Distortion of reality ; Physical symptoms -- Cognitive personality organization: Rigidity ; Negative attitude toward science ; Superstition ; Anti-intraceptiveness and autism ; Suggestibility) -- Comprehensive scores and summary of interview results -- (The discriminatory powers of the major areas studied -- Valitity of over-all scores and ratings of the interviews -- Summary of the personality patterns derived from the interviews: Repression vs. awareness ; Externalization vs. internalization ; Conventionalism vs. genuineness ; Power vs. love-orientation ; Rigidity vs. flexibility ; Problems of adjustment ; Some genetic aspects ; Cultural outlook).
• Part three. Personality as revealed through projective material. The thematic apperception test in the study of prejudiced and unprejudiced individuals -- (Testing procedure -- Method of analysis of the story protocols: The Murray-Sanford scheme -- The T.A.T.S of Mack and Larry: Larry's stories ; Mack's stories ; Analysis of the stories) -- Projective questions in the study of personality and ideology -- (Quantification by means of scoring categories -- Scoring manual: categories of projective question response -- Results: Reliability of scoring ; Projective questions scores in relation to standing on the E scale ; Validation my means of case studies: Mack and Larry -- Conclusions: General ego functioning ; Specific properties of the ego ; Achievement values vs. conventional values ; The handling of dependency as an underlying trend ; The handling of other trends).
• Part four. Qualitative studies of ideology. Prejudice in the interview material -- (The "functional" character of anti-Semitism -- The imaginary foe -- Anti-Semitism for what? -- Two kinds of Jews -- The anti-Semite's dilemma -- Prosecutor as judge -- The misfit bourgeois -- Observation on low-scoring subjects) -- Politics and economics in the interview material -- (Formal constituents of political thinking: Ignorance and confusion ; Ticket thinking and personalization in politics ; Surface ideology and real opinion ; Pseudoconservatism ; The usurpation complex ; F.D.R. ; Bureaucrats and politicians ; There will be no utopia ; No pity for the poor ; Education instead of social change -- Some political and economic topics: Unions ; Business and government ; Political issues close to the subjects ; Foreign policy and Russia ; Communism) -- Some aspects of religious ideology as revealed in the interview material -- (Specific issues: The function of religion in high and low scorers ; Belief in God, disbelief in immortality ; The irreligious low scorer ; Religious low scorer) -- Types and syndromes -- (Syndromes found among high scorers: Surface resentment ; The "conventional" syndrome ; The "authoritarian" syndrome ; The rebel and the psychopath ; The crank ; The "manipulative" type -- Syndromes found among low scorers: The "rigid" low scorer ; The "protesting" low scorer ; The "impulsive" low scorer ; The "easy-going" low scorer ; The genuine liberal).
• Part five. Applications to individuals and to special groups. Genetic aspects of the authoritarian personality: case studies of two contrasting individuals -- (The case of Mack: Environmental forces and events ; Deeper personality needs ; Dynamics of surface behavior and attitudes -- The contrasting case of Larry) -- Criminality and antidemocratic trends: a study of prison inmates -- (Ethnocentrism: Ideology concerning Black people: a submerged outgroup ; Ideology concerning Jews: a supposed "dominant" outgroup -- Politico-economic attitudes -- Morals and religion -- Defenses against weakness -- Heterosexuality -- Anti-intraceptiveness and childhood -- Attitudes to parents -- "Criminality" in high and low scorers) -- Psychological ill health in relation to potential fascism: a study of psychiatric clinic patients -- (Relationship of ethnocentrism to various psychiatric classifications: Ethnocentrism in relation to neurosis and psychosis ; Ethnocentrism in relation to specific diagnostic categories -- Ethnocentrism in relation to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory -- Personality trends as revealed by patients' "statement of problem" in the first psychiatric interview -- Clinical pictures and personalities of high and low scorers).

• Written in the shadow of Fascism and the Holocaust, this study looked to analyze 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, this book ranked a range of character traits on what it called the 'F scale' (F for fascist). These included conventionalism, anti-intellectualism, superstition and occultism, power and toughness, destructiveness and cynicism, projectivity, and exaggerated concerns over sex. One of the most influential works of social psychology ever written, it also marks a milestone in the development of Adorno's thought, showing him grappling with the problem of fascism and the reasons for Europe's turn to reaction. Over half a century later and with the rise of right-wing populism and the reemergence of the far-right in recent years, this influential study remains as relevant as ever. This new edition includes an introduction by Frankfurt School scholar Peter E. Gordon and contains the first-ever publication of Adorno’s subsequent critical notes on the project. --Adapted from publisher description. 

Ämnesord

Auktoritarianism  (sao)

Fördomar  (sao)

Etnocentrism  (sao)

Antisemitism  (sao)

Socialpsykologi  (sao)

Authoritarianism (Personality trait)  (LCSH)

Prejudices.  (LCSH)

Ethnocentrism.  (LCSH)

Antisemitism.  (LCSH)

Authoritarianism.  (MeSH)

Prejudice  -- psychology. (MeSH)

Fascism  -- psychology. (MeSH)

Antisemitism.  (fast)

Authoritarianism (Personality trait)  (fast)

Ethnocentrism.  (fast)

Prejudices.  (fast)

Authoritarianism (Personality trait)  (nli)

Antisemitism.  (nli)

Personality.  (nli)

Social psychology.  (nli)

Fascism.  (nli)

Antisemitism  (LCSH)

Prejudices  (LCSH)

Ethnocentrism  (LCSH)

Social psychology  (LCSH)

Authoritarianism  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

BF698.35.A87 (LCC)

BF 698.35.A87 (NLM)

303.36 (DDC)

Oaa (kssb/8 (machine generated))