The Authoritarian Personality

Why it’s on the list: The 1950 Berkeley study that tried to measure the disposition toward authoritarianism itself — the F-scale, and the claim that a personality type, not just a politics, is at stake.

Where I saw it: Recommended in a BookTok video of political-psychology reading by Prof. Mira (@mira_is_psyched), saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@mira_is_psyched/video/7443572396558142750

Note on the record: Kyle typed the author as “Theodore noetel” when recovering this list from the video; the book is the 1950 Berkeley study by Theodor W. Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Daniel J. Levinson and R. Nevitt Sanford.

Connections

• Authoritarianism — the subject the book named.
• Ideological Family Tree — where this sits on the tree.