Authoritarian capitalism, authoritarian movements and authoritarian communication
- Paolo Gerbaudo’s book >The Mask and the Flag: Populism, Citizenism and Global Protest<, whose approach is reflected in his Crosscurrents piece in the issue of >Media, Culture & Society< at hand, is a response to these societal, political and academic challenges. This Cross Currents comment asks, I ask, the following: Why is it that right-wing authoritarian populism in recent times has become much more popular than left-wing movements? How do right-wing authoritarian movements communicate? Why is it that right-wing political communication strategies seem to garner and result in mass support? The critical theory of authoritarianism advanced by the Frankfurt School and related authors on fascism, Nazism, and the authoritarian personality help us to critically analyse the communication of authoritarianism. In this context, particularly the works by Franz Leopold Neumann, Erich Fromm, Theodor W. Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, Leo Löwenthal, and Willhelm Reich are relevant.
MetadatenAuthor: | Christian Fuchs |
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Parent Title (English): | Media, Culture & Society, Vol 40, No. 5 (2018), pp. 779-791. [Online ISSN 1460-3675] [doi.org/10.1177/0163443718772147] |
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Document Type: | Articles |
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Language: | English |
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Year of first Publication: | 2018 |
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Release Date: | 2024/04/04 |
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Format: | to purchase via publisher |
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IdNo: | Fuchs_C_2018 |
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Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature): | Articles / Artikel |
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Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive: | Articles / Artikel |
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