The term "authoritarian" is typically associated with a rigid parenting style, but many of the characteristics also apply to a dysfunctional dynamic with a spouse.

The Authoritarian Wound series concludes with notes about male and female authoritarians, cross-cultural differences, and the likelihood of healing from authoritarian wounding. Skip to main content ...

Many Americans — somewhere less than 40% of us, polls say — live on authoritarian principles, a package of outspoken beliefs that sound not unlike your racist uncle.

Trump’s America has accelerated “the authoritarian dynamic.” July 22, 2020 A woman displaying her “Trump 2020” T-shirt while being confronted by protesters on the Fourth of July in Seattle.

Recent events in the South Caucasus show how the authoritarian playbook is exported and adapted to suit local contexts. From ...

Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times. Political psychologist and behavioural economist Karen Stenner, author of The Authoritarian Dynamic, explains ...

Michael McFaul and Kathryn Stoner-Weiss argue in Foreign Affairs that authoritarian governments may appear to be working in places like China and Russia, but the correlation between autocracy and ...

In this episode of the Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Karen Stenner, the author of The Authoritarian Dynamic, about voters with an authoritarian personality and whether they can explain the ...

The crowd cheers as President Trump addresses a campaign rally at an airport in Fayetteville, N.C., on Sept. 19. John W. Dean and Bob Altemeyer found that the president’s followers scored high ...