About this title: Bringing together the findings of psychoanalysis and social science, this book grew out of an urgent commitment to study the origins of anti-Semitism in the aftermath of Hitler's Germany. First published in 1951, it was greeted as a monumental study blazing new trails in the investigation of prejudice. As offshoots of ethnocentrism, anti-semitism and fascism cast new and dark shadows on the world, the topic again demands study and social action. "The Authoritarian Personality" remains an important document for our time.
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Description: Good. 1964. Cover worn. No annotation, underlining, or highlighting found inside. Average size (8vo): > 7.75-9.75 inches tall. Pages 603-990. Previous pages belong to the first part. read more
Description: Very Good. 1950. Hardcover. Cloth, 990 pp. Bumping to extremities. Text is very clean and tight. Glue repair to final page. Overall, Very Good. read more
Edition: Reprint Edition. The Norton Library Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: Softcover. Reading copy. This monumental work, complete here in one volume, undertakes to determine scientifically what distinctive personality traits characterize the phenomenon of prejudice. The authors' purpose is to discover the social psychological factors which have made it possible for the authoritarian type of man-a new concept of an "anthropological" species-to threaten the survival of the individualistic and democratic type prevalent in the past century and ahalf of our civilization. ... read more
"Interesting book on the personality structures that might lead to support for fascist political measures. While this is in itself a highly dubious project, the study contains many useful insights into social psychology. It is a difficult read, because it contains some very detailed statistical analysis and a lot of psychoanalytical jargon, the latter of which is IMHO, largely unnecessary."
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