STIMULATION OF AUTHORITARIAN DISPOSITIONS IN CONDITIONS OF CONFLICT BETWEEN SOCIAL CONFORMITY AND PERSONAL AUTONOMY (Contemporary Conceptualization by Stanley Feldman)
STIMULATION OF AUTHORITARIAN DISPOSITIONS IN CONDITIONS OF CONFLICT BETWEEN SOCIAL CONFORMITY AND PERSONAL AUTONOMY (Contemporary Conceptualization by Stanley Feldman)

Summary/Abstract: Although the researches of authoritarianism have been appealing to numerous researches over a longer period of time, countless questions concerning the issue of the construct have remained without fruitful elaboration. Feldman offers the scientific public a novel concept regarding the phenomenon of authoritarianism, which according to him provides a basis for measuring and construct-ing a scale, which furthermore enables specific predictions in terms of the conditions under which prejudices and intolerances occur, as permanent correlates and manifestations of authoritarianism. This conceptualization is deeply rooted in the tension which occurs as a universal characteristic of human civilization: the conflict existing between the social order, based on social conformity, and the desire for maximization of one’s personal autonomy. The manner of handling this conflict leads to relative preference of the values of social conformity and personal autonomy. This dimension of value, as argued by Feldman provides the basis for the phenomenon of authoritarianism.

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