In Defense of Mainstream Conservatism
A Response to Crouse and Stalker
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11638228 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth R Thomas (University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 119-123 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-895X • E-ISSN: 1467-9221 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/pops.12091 |
| OpenAlex | W1604544544 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
This article provides a response to C rouse and S talker's reply to my commentary ( T homas, 2013) on their article titled “ D o R ight‐ W ing A uthoritarian B eliefs O riginate from P sychological C onflict?” ( P sychoanalytic P sychology, 24 , 25–44). The authors' critical remarks regarding my commentary are addressed, and recommendations are offered for a more cautious use of psychoanalytic theory and results derived from T he R ight‐ W ing A uthoritarianism S cale ( A ltemeyer, 1998) for labeling persons with mainstream conservative political beliefs as being “psychopathological” or “right‐wing authoritarians.” Such assertions regarding the personality characteristics of political conservatives are particularly troubling, since the authors' conclusions were purely speculative, and they collected neither clinical nor empirical data on patients or research subjects with so‐called right‐wing authoritarian personalities to support their speculations
Authoritarianism · Conservatism · Democracy · Mainstream · Personality · Personality psychology · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Law · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |