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Adorno (1903–1969) was a German philosopher, sociologist, and musicologist associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory.
Known for: The Authoritarian Personality
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The Authoritarian Personality
A landmark empirical study published in 1950, this work investigates the psychological roots of authoritarianism and prejudice. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory and social research, the authors developed the F-scale to measure authoritarian tendencies and explored how personality structures relate to fascist and anti-democratic attitudes.
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Theoretical Framework
Our theoretical foundation rested upon the intersection of three domains: psychoanalysis, social psychology, and critical theory. Psychoanalysis provided the dynamic model of personality—the concept that unconscious drives, shaped by early family experiences, form enduring patterns of reaction to au...
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Methodology
Empirical exactness required that we translate our theoretical ideas into measurable constructs. We developed the F-scale—F for Fascism—as a tool to quantify authoritarian tendencies in individuals. The questionnaire covered dimensions such as conventionalism, authoritarian submission, authoritarian...
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Adorno (1903–1969) was a German philosopher, sociologist, and musicologist associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory.
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