In which way are the studies carried out by Adorno (1950) et al. and Allum (2011) linked? The reason why this is an interesting question is that it provides a measure of how much Adorno's studies have profoundly influenced not only the sociology of his time and the classical studies, but are still capable of provoking a reflection that can find an expressive space in the contemporary psychosocial context. Allum has in fact used part of Adorno’s theory to explain why people believe in unscientific information such as astrology. The two studies might seem profoundly different, a time gap of three generations separates the two together with disparity in reach and resonance, a question on human evil is juxtaposed with astrological superstition, but both share conceptual and methodological constructs.
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26). The questions that Adorno and the colleagues from the Frankfurt School reflected on triggered the theory of authoritarian personality through empirical measurement of the likelihood of developing a personality typified by obedience to authority and predisposition to harm people believed to be different from oneself (McAvoy 2012, p. 23). The result is an extensive research using sociological and psychoanalytic categories in order to characterize the impulses that lead people to affiliate or support fascist movements (Mc Avoy 2012 p. 22,
26). The questions that Adorno and the colleagues from the Frankfurt School reflected on triggered the theory of authoritarian personality through empirical measurement of the likelihood of developing a personality typified by obedience to authority and predisposition to harm people believed to be different from oneself (McAvoy 2012, p. 23). The result is an extensive research using sociological and psychoanalytic categories in order to characterize the impulses that lead people to affiliate or support fascist movements (Mc Avoy 2012 p. 22,