why we hate... or think we do

Article online (In-Mind.org) by social psychologist Alex Gunz summarizing some useful research into authoritarian politics. Interesting critique of the Frankfurt School:

Psychologists have long noted people's over-fondness (at least in the western world) for explaining actions in terms of the personalities of the actors involved. We tend to neglect the possibility that a person who falls, for example, might have been tripped, and that they aren't just clumsy. This bias is so commonplace that psychologists have named it the fundamental attribution error. Perhaps it isn't surprising, then, that the first attempt to explain prejudice chalked it up to an authoritarian personality.

Goes on to talk about Altemeyer, recent takes on this issue. Pretty good intro usable for students.