{"product_id":"the-authoritarian-personality-isbn-9781788731645","title":"The Authoritarian Personality","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis hugely influential study on the psychology of authoritarianism was written in answer to Hitler’s Germany—and now rings more relevant than ever as fascism and anti-Semitism sweep across America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat makes a fascist? Are there character traits that make someone more likely to vote for the far right? \u003ci\u003eThe Authoritarian Personality\u003c\/i\u003e is not only one of the most significant 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 hugely influential study remains as insightful and relevant as ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Adorno and his colleagues could easily have been describing Alex Jones’s paranoid InfoWars rants or the racist views expressed by many Trump supporters.” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e | “Adorno and his colleagues could easily have been describing Alex Jones’s paranoid InfoWars rants or the racist views expressed by many Trump supporters.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Molly Worthen, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A monumental study which blazes new trails in the investigation of prejudice.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Richard A. Schermerhorn, \u003ci\u003eSocial Forces\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e | \u003cb\u003eTheodor Adorno\u003c\/b\u003e was Director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Frankfurt from 1956 until his death in 1969. His works include \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Wagner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAesthetic Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNegative Dialectics\u003c\/i\u003e, and (with Max Horkheimer) \u003ci\u003eDialectic of Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTowards a New Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Else Frenkel-Brunswik\u003c\/b\u003e was a Polish-Austrian psychologist based at the University of California at Berkeley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Daniel J. Levinson\u003c\/b\u003e was a psychologist and one of the founders of the field of positive adult development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Nevitt Sanford\u003c\/b\u003e was Professor of Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303816810725,"sku":"NP9781788731645","price":94.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781788731645.jpg?v=1730755435","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-authoritarian-personality-isbn-9781788731645","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}