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authoritarian personality

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au·thor·i·tar·i·an personality (-thôr-târ-n)
n.
A personality pattern reflecting a desire for security, order, power, and status, with a desire for structured lines of authority, a conventional set of values or outlook, a demand for unquestioning obedience, and a tendency to be hostile toward or use as scapegoats individuals of minority or nontraditional groups.
authoritarian personality,
a group of behavioral traits characteristic of one who advocates obedience and strict adherence to rules.


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Ironically, as Lasch later recalled, he was steeled in his break by reading some of the essays of the Frankfurt School social philosopher Max Horkheimer, one of the authors of The Authoritarian Personality.
On Christopher Lasch by Beer, Jeremy / Modern Age
The Plot Against America could be considered the literary descendant of The Authoritarian Personality, a post-WWII study published by a group of Marxist academics led by Theodor Adorno.
War is Peace by Grigg, William Norman / The New American
Nonetheless, a spate of extra-formal coverage soon appeared in the magazine's pages--from Kozloff's own follow-up, "The Authoritarian Personality in Modern Art" (May 1974) to Carol Duncan's "Virility and Domination in Early 20th-Century Vanguard Painting" (December 1973) and culminating with the so-called Art and Politics issue of December 1975.
May 1973 by Liese, Jennifer / Artforum International
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