https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/4421-the-authoritarian-personality https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/4421-the-authori... "The psyche of a

https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/4421-the-authoritarian-personality https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/4421-the-authori... "The psyche of a fascist is “authoritarian” in the sense that it attaches itself to figures of strength and disdains those it deems weak. It tends toward conventionalism, rigidity, and stereotypical thinking; it insists on a stark contrast between in-group and out-group, and it jealously patrols the boundaries between them. It is prone to obsession over rumors of immorality and conspiracy, and it represses with self-loathing the sexual licentiousness it projects onto others. In all of these ways, fascism appears as the political manifestation of a pre-political disposition. The authoritarian personality does not always turn explicitly fascist; its politics may remain dormant, only to emerge under certain social-historical conditions."