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The '''political compass''' was influenced by theories of personality proposed by Theodor Adorno. Before Adorno’s book ''The Authoritarian Personality'', fascism, a political system that does not fit anywhere on the [[Left-Right Political Scale]], was viewed as a purely political phenomenon. Adorno instead suggested that[[fascism]]had its roots in the psyche and was correlated to personality. The political compass builds on the idea of political personalities and identities which necessitates the second authoritarian/libertarian social scale. | The '''political compass''' was influenced by theories of personality proposed by Theodor Adorno. Before Adorno’s book ''The Authoritarian Personality'', fascism, a political system that does not fit anywhere on the [[Left-Right Political Scale]], was viewed as a purely political phenomenon. Adorno instead suggested that [[fascism]] had its roots in the psyche and was correlated to personality. The political compass builds on the idea of political personalities and identities which necessitates the second authoritarian/libertarian social scale. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:23, 17 November 2022
The political compass was influenced by theories of personality proposed by Theodor Adorno. Before Adorno’s book The Authoritarian Personality, fascism, a political system that does not fit anywhere on the Left-Right Political Scale, was viewed as a purely political phenomenon. Adorno instead suggested that fascism had its roots in the psyche and was correlated to personality. The political compass builds on the idea of political personalities and identities which necessitates the second authoritarian/libertarian social scale.