Right-Wing Prime Ministers

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The paper introduces right wing authoritarianism and the authoritarian personality as post-World War II models of social psychology. In the present, these models are taken up again to explain right wing authoritarian prime ministers, as we see that authoritarianism is by no means the preserve of fascist, communist or otherwise non-democratic regimes. The paper provides 10 references with a focus on Adorno's circle.

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"After the Second World War, social psychologists discussed the authoritarian personality, in an attempt to explain Europe's ultra right-wing Fascist movements and leaders and why millions of people had accepted them, most often referring to Hitler or Mussolini. Theodore Adorno (1903-1969) saw the authoritarian personality as extremely conformist, respectful of authority, intolerant, given to ideals of power and cynical, insecure and rigid stereotypes of others. (Adorno et al: 1950) An authoritarian personality respects rules, rather than taking personal responsibility, as in Adolf Hitler's belief that Nazi persecution of Jews, Gypsies and dissidents was right, for the good of the German people and serving the best interests of Europe at large."

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