Fromm read partisan affiliation as a surface over distinct character types

Evidence

At the beginning of 1936 Fromm expected three results to emerge from the analysis of the questionnaire on the working class: … 2 A goal which I should like to achieve, although I am not yet certain to what extent it will be possible, is the formulation of social-psychological types: hence, for example, the distinction between the petty-bourgeois rebellious' character type and the revolutionary character type. The extent to which various different types are to be found among the various political party groupings will have to be looked into: for example, to what extent the rebellious’ and the revolutionary types are found among Communists, to what extent the petty-bourgeois individualist type and a more social and collective type are found among the Nazis, and so on. It will certainly be necessary to differentiate more between the different character types than was done with my suggested division into three classes in the book [Studies on Authority and the Family]. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 697 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Fromm aimed to map social-psychological character types onto political party groupings — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 697; Each ideal-typical character type was abstracted from one party ideology’s appeal

Broader Connections

• Fromm aimed to map social-psychological character types onto political party groupings #expands (0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 697
• Each ideal-typical character type was abstracted from one party ideology’s appeal #expands (0.85)