Problem
Authoritarianism
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Dependence on authoritarianismAuthoritarian people
Authoritarian movements
Nature:
The demanding and enforcement of complete obedience to authority may be political, parental or ideological. It may be manifested in police brutality, governmental intimidation, or organizational indoctrination. Authoritarians claim their power to have been vested in them by virtue of supreme logic or science; by God; by the culmination of historical processes in their eventuality, or by destiny; or by hierarchical position in a structure of relationships. The authoritarian truly believes in a mystique that he or she somehow earned the right to such behaviour and, frequently, that he or she is the guardian of defenders against the forces of illogic, incompetence, sloth, immorality and in general, creeping entropy.
Broader Problems:
ExtremismDominationDebased values Narrower Problems:
MilitarismPaternalismDictatorshipAuthoritarian regimesEcological authoritarianismEducational authoritarianismAuthoritarian religious systemsAuthoritarian division of labourAuthoritarian propagation of knowledge Related Problems:
Compulsion Aggravates:
SycophancyRepressionIntoleranceSocial injusticeUnderground pressCivil disobediencePolice intimidationExcessive government controlRestriction of freedom of expression Reduced By:
MilitancyPermissiveness
Strategies:
Using authoritarianism References:
Janos, Andrew C: Authoritarian Politics in Communist Europe: uniformity and diversity in one-party statesPerlmutter, Amos: Modern Authoritarianism Subject(s):
Metapolitics → Political theoriesSocietal Problems → Dependence
Society → People
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
B: Basic universal problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST