Else Frenkel Brunswik and Contemporary Sociologists
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Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Robert K. Merton, The Authoritarian PersonalityAbstract
The article presents and discusses an unpublished critical remark written by Robert K Merton which addressed Else Frenkel Brunswik's contribution to The Authoritarian Personality. The author contextualizes both Merton’s remarks and the book’s reception by other contemporary sociologists.
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