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The Authoritarian Personality

Et al Adorno, T.W.

Psychology, Social Sciences

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The Ben Shapiro Show

Theodore Adorno, a Frankfurt school member and Marxist theorist, wrote this book suggesting that authoritarianism was a naturally right-wing phenomenon, and that America was about to fall into authoritarianism because it wasn't left-wing enough. The book essentially suggested that anti-Semitism and authoritarianism sprang from a mindset linked to capitalism.

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So there's a guy named Theodore Adorno and he very early in 1950 wrote a book. He was a Frankfurt school member, a Marxist theorist, and he wrote a book about authoritarianism.

— Episode: Ep. 1201 - The Authoritarian Left Is On...

Episode: Ep. 1201 - The Authoritarian Left Is On The March

Theodore Adorno, a Frankfurt school member and Marxist theorist, wrote this book suggesting that authoritarianism was a naturally right-wing phenomenon, and that America was about to fall into authoritarianism because it wasn't left-wing enough. The book essentially suggested that anti-Semitism and authoritarianism sprang from a mindset linked to capitalism.

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So there's a guy named Theodore Adorno and he very early in 1950 wrote a book. He was a Frankfurt school member, a Marxist theorist, and he wrote a book about authoritarianism.

He wrote this very famous book called The Authoritarian Personality in which essentially he suggested that anti-Semitism and authoritarianism were outgrowth of a particular mindset that also sprang from capitalism.

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