Zizek’s Critique of the Authoritarian Personality
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Lacanian psychoanalyst Slavoj Zizek provides the theoretical tools for rethinking the concept of the authoritarian personality originally developed by Theodor Adorno and cothinkers in the period 1936-1951. Zizek's theory explains why ideological fantasy is as important as political identification in contemporary authoritarian propaganda and clarifies the dynamic depth psychology underlying current authoritarian politics. Rethinking the authoritarian personality is crucial to understanding the rise of authoritarian populism today including movements in Europe and America.
