Theoretical conundrum: The politics and science of theorizing authoritarian cognition

Political Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 625-647

  Durrheim, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Critique; Extremism; Rhetoric of inquiry; Universalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031215274     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00070     Document Type: Article

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