Authoritarians

I was recently illuminated in this department by reading an amazing book by Bob Altemeyer titled The Authoritarians.

Stephen Hren: Lesson From Iraq: Bring Back the Draft! Stephen Hren 2011

I was recently illuminated in this department by reading an amazing book by Bob Altemeyer titled The Authoritarians.

Stephen Hren: Lesson From Iraq: Bring Back the Draft! Stephen Hren 2011

Authoritarians and non-authoritarians, we argued, responded very differently to the parties' increasingly distinctive images on so-called cultural and security issues.

Jonathan Weiler: America's Personality-Based Political Divide Jonathan Weiler 2011

Authoritarians kill their political prisoners with kindness and good wishes towards all.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism 2010

Authoritarians have been saying stuff like that for ages.

The Future of Air Travel grrm 2010

Even more tangential to the genre but very worth mentioning is a book freely available online as a downloadable pdf: The Authoritarians, by Dr. Bob Altemeyer, a remarkably reclusive psychology professor at a Canadian University who has been carrying out research into authoritarian mindsets since the late Sixties.

MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 4) 2009

Authoritarians everywhere sound the same, as they praise nation and order, and damn democratic governance as a fraud.

Who will confront the hatred in Hungary? | Nick Cohen 2011

Robert Altemeyer gives a good example of Freud-model failure in his excellent book "The Authoritarians", which I actually read when it was referenced in one of the comments (or comments-in-a-blog-referring-to-a-comment) on Hal's "Open Letter" post.

Stoicism, Sophistry and Sodomy Hal Duncan 2009

The best, most scientific examination of this is in The Authoritarians, by Bob Altemeyer.

Matthew Yglesias » Sarah Palin, Disability, and Fair-Weather Small-Government Advocates 2010

A good day for Authoritarians of all stripes. barbara

Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010