New Authoritarianism?

Authoritarianism

For some of the best research on how Trump supporters are different than traditional authoritarians, see J. Hibbing’s book “The Securitarian Personality.” This article will focus on the research on authoritarianism leading up to the Securitarian Personality.

Research on authoritarianism has its origins in a study of the working class and their propensity for revolution. In the late 1920s, a group of mostly Marxist scholars formed the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, Germany; they are now popularly known as the “Frankfurt School.” Max…