What is an authoritarian personality? Why does an authoritarian leader quickly subjugate those around him and easily manipulate them? How does an authoritarian personality differ from a sociopathic personality, although it has much in common with it? Why exactly in the 20th century did so many dictators appear who established inhuman, totalitarian regimes under support of millions of people? These and many other questions are answered by Theodor W. Adorno in his famous work, which has become a classic of philosophical and sociological thought!