the concept of authoritarianism, FIRST given substantive definition in The Authoritarian Personality published in 1950, has since been treated in an extensive literature exploring both its narrow psychological meaning and its broad social implications The ideological biases of the original authors and the technical inadequacies of their research methods have been subjected to searching criticism, yet the original in- sights inspired study after study, with in- creasing refinement and elaboration. The consequence has been a bewildering array of scattered materials that renders a clear understanding of the field extremely diffi- cult. This olume offers a much-needed selective review of the literature on author- itarianism, summarizing and evaluating about 250 studies that have appeared through 1966.
In their review the authors have empha- sized primarily social psychological studies of authoritarianism, omitting for the most part purely clinical and personality studies, and they have organized their presentation around three areas in which authoritarian ism manifests itself-in social and personal characteristics; in social, political, and re- ligious beliefs; and in behavior in groups and organizations. Within this general framework the authors also consider au- thoritarianism as it relates causally to other factors: as an antecedent to certain types of behavior ( for example, ethnic prejudice); as a consequence of other practices (such as those in child-rearing); and as a correlate.

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3 MSH Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg

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Personen: Kirscht, John P. Dillehay, Ronald C.

Schlagwörter: Autorität Autoritarismus Gerda Lederer