Od osobowości autorytarnej do uzasadniania systemu. Elementy teorii krytycznej w psychologicznych koncepcjach wyjaśniających wrogość międzygrupową
From Authoritarian Personality to System Justification: Elements of Critical Theory in Psychological Conceptions of Intergroup Hostility

Summary/Abstract: The article presents selected aspects of critical theory applied in intergrouphostility research in the mainstream of political psychology. Aims, fi elds of research anddistinct methodology of critical psychology are discussed as a starting point. In the mainpart of the paper, the author considers the problem of authoritarian personality and theidea of stereotypes as false consciousness in the system justifi cation theory, as well as itsinfl uence on the mainstream political psychology research. Th e article ends with a shortrefl ection on the usefulness of critical approach in contemporary political psychology.

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