Rokeach sought authoritarianism common to all ideologies, independent of content

Evidence

Rokeach set out to study “general authoritarianism,” unassociated with any particular ideology, by examining the structure of a person’s ideas, the belief system, independent of its content. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2534

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines Rokeach’s core move: general authoritarianism as cognitive structure detached from ideological content.