Drivers of Authoritarianism

Edited by Günter Frankenberg, Emeritus Professor of Public Law, Philosophy of Law and Comparative Law, Institute for Public Law, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and Wilhelm Heitmeyer, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld, Germany

‘In a world that drifts towards authoritarianism, and sometimes even welcomes it, Drivers of Authoritarianism offers an indispensable tool to face this complex and frightening potential (or reality?). The multi-headed hydra of authoritarianism is captured successfully by the multidisciplinary approach of this original book.’

• Contents:Preface xiiPART I ON THE THEORY AND EMPIRICISM OFAUTHORITARIANISM1 Authoritarian developments as a threat to democracy andpluralism 2Günter Frankenberg and Wilhelm HeitmeyerPART II THREATS TO DEMOCRACIES ANDAUTHORITARIAN SYSTEM COMPETITION2 Authoritarian forms of rule in the twenty-first century 60Michael Zürn3 Autocratisation as a global process? Authoritarianism anddemocracy in an international context 84Lars Rensmann4 Self-assertion without self-determination: The new ideological appeal of old authoritarian concepts 121Klaus Günther5 The authoritarian direction of radicalised conservatism 151Natascha StroblPART III CAPITALIST ECONOMIES AND SOCIAL CRISES6 Loss of control, authoritarianism and exterminism in theGreat Transformation 166Klaus Dörre7 Crises and loss of control – opportunity structures for thedrivers of authoritarian social developments 196Wilhelm Heitmeyer8 Of ‘bulwarks’ and ‘sacred borders’. Authoritarian refugeepolicies in Europe 220Maximilian PichlPART IV AUTHORITARIAN MENTALITIES ANDIDENTITY POLITICS9 Dynamics of authoritarianism: an essay 239Oliver Decker10 Authoritarian cultural identities: understanding the newright in the tradition of Oswald Spengler 251Volker Weiß11 Left-wing identity politics as a driver of authoritariandevelopments 272Bernd StegemannPART V NEW ROLE ASSIGNMENTS, AFFECTIVENARRATIVES, AND MEDIA CONCEPTS OF POLITICS12 Women, gender and right-wing authoritarian populism 288Birgit Sauer13 Promises of sovereignty in authoritarian populism: a feminist critique 308Brigitte Bargetz and Nina Elena Eggers14 Media entertainment and right-wing authoritarian politicalideas, an example: the storming of the Capitol 329Paula DiehlPART VI REPRESSIVE INSTRUMENTS ANDAUTHORITARIAN MOVEMENTS AND THE STATE15 Leviathan with a beaked mask 349Günter Frankenberg16 Pegasus: the unbounded surveillance industry in theservice of the authoritarian 372Kai Biermann17 Under what conditions do authoritarian social movementsdevelop in western societies? 391Dieter Rucht