Authoritarianism and the Holocaust: Some Cognitive and Affective Implications

Understanding Genocide: The Social Psychology of the Holocaust

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Suedfeld, Peter ^a   Schaller, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authoritarian personality; Authoritarianism; Cognitive styles; Emotions; Fear; Genocide; Holocaust; Perpetrators; Psychology; Resisters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940016140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195133622.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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