{"id":10551,"date":"2026-01-19T16:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/sozialpsychologie-des-autoritaeren"},"modified":"2026-07-16T08:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:57:19","slug":"social-psychology-of-the-authoritarian","status":"publish","type":"kreisky_event","link":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/veranstaltung\/sozialpsychologie-des-autoritaeren","title":{"rendered":"SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF THE AUTHORITARIAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Markus Brunner, Hans-J\u00fcrgen Wirth: THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF AUTHORITARIANISM\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oz-o6iV8xM8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Markus Brunner &amp; Hans-J\u00fcrgen Wirth: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF AUTHORITARIANISM\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" data-src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/17KTL26TnQ8MutoTjTPIB2\/video?si=0dd4cac8a5cf4fbc&amp;utm_source=oembed\" src=\"about:blank\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<h4>Robert Misik in conversation with Markus Brunner and Hans-J\u00fcrgen Wirth<\/h4>\n<h4>SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF THE AUTHORITARIAN<\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>What makes right-wing narratives attractive to many people?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The USA is tipping over the abyss at breathtaking speed, and authoritarian and neo-fascist movements are also gaining ground in Europe. Many analyses deal with political science and, in particular, economic causes for the rise of this new right. There are a number of important socio-psychological factors that have themselves been researched for decades: Why people are susceptible to authoritarian messages; the dynamics that spark self-radicalisation when right-wing agitation impacts on societies; how people change themselves when authoritarian dispositions are evoked.<\/p>\n<p>In his book \u201eSozialpsychologie des Autorit\u00e4ren\u201c, Markus Brunner, social psychologist and sociologist, examines in particular the authoritarianism research of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research and more recent studies on how a \u201erebellious-authoritarian character type\u201c develops and turns into \u201eauthoritarian aggression\u201c, and what it does to people when \u201eparanoid thinking increases more and more\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>A mass psychology perspective is essential if we want to understand the pathologies of our time. For many years, psychoanalyst Hans-J\u00fcrgen Wirth has been investigating the \u201eemotional leitmotifs\u201c that favour right-wing populist attitudes, such as \u201eanger, hatred, vengefulness, indignation, disgust, envy, resentment, bitterness, sarcasm, cynicism, destructiveness, refusal to empathise, hostility\u201c. A lack of recognition may contribute to this in particular, as may a \u201emistrustful attitude towards the world\u201c, which is often nurtured in childhood.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Markus Brunner,<\/strong>Social psychologist and sociologist; academic director of the Master's programme \"Social Psychology\/Clinical Psychology\" at the Sigmund Freud University (SFU) Vienna<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hans J\u00fcrgen Wirth<\/strong>, Psychoanalyst, psychological psychotherapist and publisher of Psychosozial-Verlag; Professor of Psychoanalytical Social Psychology at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main<\/p>\n<p>Moderation<br \/>\n<strong>Robert Misik<\/strong>, Author and journalist<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/psychosozial-verlag.de\/programm\/2000\/2200\/3436-detail\">Markus Brunner:<\/a><br \/>\nSocial psychology of the authoritarian<br \/>\nOn the topicality of the Frankfurt School's authoritarianism research<br \/>\nPsychosozial-Verlag, 2025, 24,90 \u20ac<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Misik im Gespr\u00e4ch Markus Brunner und Hans-J\u00fcrgen Wirth SOZIALPSYCHOLOGIE DES AUTORIT\u00c4REN Was macht rechte Narrative f\u00fcr viele Menschen attraktiv? In atemberaubender Rasanz kippen die USA \u00fcber den Abgrund, und auch in Europa werden autorit\u00e4re und neu-faschistische Bewegungen tonangebend. Sehr viele Analysen besch\u00e4ftigen sich mit politikwissenschaftlichen und insbesondere auch mit \u00f6konomischen Ursachen f\u00fcr den Aufstieg [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10552,"template":"","format":[],"meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"schwerpunkt":[38],"class_list":["post-10551","kreisky_event","type-kreisky_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","schwerpunkt-demokratie-diversitaet-und-zusammenhalt"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SOZIALPSYCHOLOGIE DES AUTORIT\u00c4REN - Kreisky Forum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/event\/social-psychology-of-the-authoritarian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SOZIALPSYCHOLOGIE DES AUTORIT\u00c4REN - Kreisky Forum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Robert Misik im Gespr\u00e4ch Markus Brunner und Hans-J\u00fcrgen Wirth SOZIALPSYCHOLOGIE DES AUTORIT\u00c4REN Was macht rechte Narrative f\u00fcr viele Menschen attraktiv? 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