Bourgeois class behavior explains the subjective key to fascism

Evidence

After all, the ‘more bourgeois the workers feel in their own subjective consciousness, the more they will view one another as competitors, just as other groups in society do’. Adorno regards the ‘concept of the white-collar proletarian’ (Stehkragenproletarier) as a ‘key anthropological category’ insofar as he sees it as showing that the individual is defined by its class affiliation: ‘The bourgeois is a human being who cannot change classes. His class is his individuality. It is the true guarantor of his estate. Here lies the actual key for the whole of fascism’. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1421

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the ‘white-collar proletarian’ as Adorno’s key anthropological category tying individuality to class affiliation.
• XREF: The class-as-individuality, class-as-guarantor-of-estate thesis connects to Adorno’s analyses of authoritarian personality and fascist potential in The Authoritarian Personality. — connects to: Fascism exposes bourgeois universal reason as an instrument of particular privilege; Working-class authoritarianism conflicts with fascism’s lower-middle-class narrative — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 640; Fascism restored class consciousness and organization to the bourgeoisie (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Fascism restored class consciousness and organization to the bourgeoisie #corroborates (0.85)
• Fascism originated in the petite and rural bourgeoisie then served capitalist class interests #expands (0.85) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 209
• Working-class authoritarianism conflicts with fascism’s lower-middle-class narrative #corroborates (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 640
• Gramsci analyzed fascism through its social base rather than abstract class form #expands (0.80) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 186