Family crisis did not weaken class society but made authoritarian operation more immediate

Evidence

Through the crisis of the patriarchal nuclear family, class society was not really being deprived of a necessary psychological service. Rather, the operation of a more authoritarian society on its new members was becoming more and more immediate. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 618

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The family’s anti-authoritarian elements serve to stabilize existing authority relations — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 619; Authoritarian traits may cohere as class norms rather than psychic dynamics

Broader Connections

• Authoritarian traits may cohere as class norms rather than psychic dynamics #complicates (0.75)