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Dossier · 1950–1950

The Authoritarian Personality

The Authoritarian Personality: studying the potential for fascism

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Chronology

1950

Sources

Works and records cited in this dossier. Numbered references in the account lead to entries here.

  1. The Authoritarian Personality
    Sources

    T. W. Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Daniel J. Levinson and R. Nevitt Sanford, The Authoritarian Personality (first issued 1950; Verso 2019), chapter 1, pp. 1–28, especially 1–8,11–18,19–23,25–28. Original English, archive EPUB OEBPS/11_Chapter01.xhtml, printed-page anchors page_1–page_28. Main question/theory, techniques, groups, sample limits and selection of interviewees. Original-author research report, not independent validation of its own conclusions. Edition copyright OEBPS/03_Copy.xhtml.

    Sources

    Max Horkheimer, “Preface,” and authors' “Acknowledgments,” same edition, pp. lxxi–lxxviii, EPUB 09_Preface/10_Acknowledgments. Participant descriptions of shared work, research roles and grants. Institution Berkeley Public Opinion Study remains distinct from the University of California campus.

    Sources

    Horkheimer and Flowerman, “Foreword to Studies in Prejudice,” same edition, pp. lxvii–lxx, EPUB 08_Foreword. Series design and educational aims, not program evaluation.

    Sources

    Authors, chapter 7, “The Measurement of Implicit Antidemocratic Trends,” same edition, pp. 222–228, EPUB OEBPS/18_Chapter07.xhtml, page anchors 222–228. Construction and theory of F scale. Terms and research aims are attributed to the authors; this account does not claim modern clinical validity. Peter E. Gordon's 2019 introduction and Adorno's later “Remarks” are separate material, not silently treated as part of the 1950 original text.

Complete existing research record

Editions and holdings

  • T. W. Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Daniel J. Levinson and R. Nevitt Sanford, *The Authoritarian Personality* (1950), Verso electronic edition, 2019, series title/front matter and chapter I, sections A and B, especially “The Groups Studied.” EPUB locators and context are recorded in the private review packet. T. W. Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Daniel J. Levinson and R. Nevitt Sanford, *The Authoritarian Personality* (1950), Verso electronic edition (2019), series foreword · 2019
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    EDN-000292

Where this source is used

  1. Horkheimer wrote the preface and coedited the Studies in Prejudice series with Flowerman.

    supports · EPUB 08_Foreword, pp. lxvii–lxx; 09_Preface, pp. lxxi–lxxvi; 11_Chapter01, pp. 1–28, especially 22–23; 03_Copy

    Horkheimer wrote the preface and coedited the Studies in Prejudice series with Flowerman. Exact locator: EPUB 08_Foreword, pp. lxvii–lxx; 09_Preface, pp. lxxi–lxxvi; 11_Chapter01, pp. 1–28, especially 22–23; 03_Copy

  2. Adorno was one of four principal authors of The Authoritarian Personality in 1950.

    supports · EPUB 08_Foreword, pp. lxvii–lxx; 09_Preface, pp. lxxi–lxxvi; 11_Chapter01, pp. 1–28, especially 22–23; 03_Copy

    Adorno was one of four principal authors of The Authoritarian Personality in 1950. Exact inspected locator: OEBPS/09_Preface.xhtml pp.lxxi-lxxvi explicitly names four senior authors and equal publication responsibility/credit; actual passage reopenedOct20

  3. The 1950 Authoritarian Personality acknowledgments credit AJC grants for the joint study.

    supports · Verso 2019 EPUB08_Forewordpp.lxvii-lxx;09_Prefacepp.lxxi-lxxiv;10_Acknowledgmentspp.lxxv-lxxviii;03_Copy

    The 1950 Authoritarian Personality acknowledgments credit AJC grants for the joint study. Exact inspected locator: EPUB10_Acknowledgments/09_Preface and03_Copy; attested publication, no fabricated grant start