Adorno grounded his analysis of fascist propaganda in Freud’s group psychology.

Evidence

Adorno “Freudian Theory and the Pattern of Fascist Propaganda,” in Psychoanalysis and the Social Sciences, ed. Geza Roheim (New York, 1951). The Freudian text on which Adorno primarily based his argument was Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego. He also referred to Erikson’s work on fascism (see the following note). — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 1578

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the Institute’s Freudian turn and to Adorno’s Authoritarian Personality F-scale work. — connects to: Adorno linked phenomenology’s reified premises to fascism as twin terminal crises. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 267; Psychoanalytic theorists explained fascism’s appeal via unconscious personality needs. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 100; Adorno used fetishism to mediate Marx and Freud into synthesis — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 405 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Psychoanalytic theorists explained fascism’s appeal via unconscious personality needs. #expands (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 100
• Marxist theories of false consciousness merged with Freudian psychoanalysis in the Frankfurt School. #corroborates (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 100
• Freudian psychoanalytic theory shaped the study of personality in politics #expands (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 105
• Adorno used fetishism to mediate Marx and Freud into synthesis #corroborates (0.75) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 405
• Fascist personalities substitute a group ego for their own super-ego #expands (0.70)