In 2005, Karen Stenner estimated the proportion of authoritarian as about a third of any population.
Fascinating that in multi-party systems the ceiling for radical right parties is always around 25-30%.
Looks like Australia’s MAGA, One Nation Party, has hit its ceiling.
May 20, 2026 at 3:05 PM
In 2005, Karen Stenner estimated the proportion of authoritarian as about a third of any population.
“Noi contro loro. Come funziona il fascismo”, Jason Stanley.
“The authoritarian dynamic”, Karen Stenner.
“The authoritarian dynamic”, Karen Stenner.
January 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
“Noi contro loro. Come funziona il fascismo”, Jason Stanley.
“The authoritarian dynamic”, Karen Stenner.
“The authoritarian dynamic”, Karen Stenner.
¹ George Lakoff: Don't Think of an Elephant (2004)
² Cialdini et al.; Schultz et al. – Social Norm Theory
³ Donatella della Porta, Sidney Tarrow – Bewegungsforschung
⁴ Slater (2007); Feldman & Stenner – Mobilisierungsforschung
⁵ Chantal Mouffe: Agonistics (2013)
² Cialdini et al.; Schultz et al. – Social Norm Theory
³ Donatella della Porta, Sidney Tarrow – Bewegungsforschung
⁴ Slater (2007); Feldman & Stenner – Mobilisierungsforschung
⁵ Chantal Mouffe: Agonistics (2013)
August 6, 2026 at 12:32 PM
¹ George Lakoff: Don't Think of an Elephant (2004)
² Cialdini et al.; Schultz et al. – Social Norm Theory
³ Donatella della Porta, Sidney Tarrow – Bewegungsforschung
⁴ Slater (2007); Feldman & Stenner – Mobilisierungsforschung
⁵ Chantal Mouffe: Agonistics (2013)
² Cialdini et al.; Schultz et al. – Social Norm Theory
³ Donatella della Porta, Sidney Tarrow – Bewegungsforschung
⁴ Slater (2007); Feldman & Stenner – Mobilisierungsforschung
⁵ Chantal Mouffe: Agonistics (2013)
Kaffeegarten am Ammersee (1911)
by Hermann Stenner
by Hermann Stenner
February 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Kaffeegarten am Ammersee (1911)
by Hermann Stenner
by Hermann Stenner
At Chorro we nearly cross ourselves in another tight horseshoe, then again turn south to cross Stenner Creek Trestle, which we saw from above. Almost to San Luis Obispo. #coastbunny
November 22, 2024 at 11:05 PM
At Chorro we nearly cross ourselves in another tight horseshoe, then again turn south to cross Stenner Creek Trestle, which we saw from above. Almost to San Luis Obispo. #coastbunny
One of the Stenner Vineyards.
May 4, 2026 at 2:38 PM
One of the Stenner Vineyards.
Stenner isn’t the first. In 2019 we exposed two Royal Navy employees, Mike Lynton and Kenneth McCourt, as members of the far right youth group Generation Identity.👇
April 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Stenner isn’t the first. In 2019 we exposed two Royal Navy employees, Mike Lynton and Kenneth McCourt, as members of the far right youth group Generation Identity.👇
It’s a pleasure to appear alongside such a great group of scholars in ‘The People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England’, overseen by the brilliant @elementaladam.bsky.social, Rachel Stenner and Kaley Kramer.
You can read it for free over the next two weeks here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
You can read it for free over the next two weeks here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
September 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It’s a pleasure to appear alongside such a great group of scholars in ‘The People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England’, overseen by the brilliant @elementaladam.bsky.social, Rachel Stenner and Kaley Kramer.
You can read it for free over the next two weeks here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
You can read it for free over the next two weeks here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Today\s minute(ish) of brilliant animation is from Tthe Rocks, directyed by Chris Stenner and Heidi Willinger
May 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Today\s minute(ish) of brilliant animation is from Tthe Rocks, directyed by Chris Stenner and Heidi Willinger
Here's what I'm mostly about.
Written a few months before the 2020 US election.
And I stand by every word today.
hopenothate.org.uk/2020/11/01/a...
Written a few months before the 2020 US election.
And I stand by every word today.
hopenothate.org.uk/2020/11/01/a...
Magazine: Essay – Authoritarianism – HOPE not hate
Liberal democracy has now exceeded many people’s capacity to tolerate it. A HOPE not hate special essay by Karen Stenner.
hopenothate.org.uk
November 12, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Here's what I'm mostly about.
Written a few months before the 2020 US election.
And I stand by every word today.
hopenothate.org.uk/2020/11/01/a...
Written a few months before the 2020 US election.
And I stand by every word today.
hopenothate.org.uk/2020/11/01/a...
Hermann Stenner
"Autorretrato con sombrero alto y cigarrillo” (1910)
"Autorretrato con sombrero alto y cigarrillo” (1910)
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hermann Stenner
"Autorretrato con sombrero alto y cigarrillo” (1910)
"Autorretrato con sombrero alto y cigarrillo” (1910)
Calling Professor Stenner…
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
January 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Calling Professor Stenner…
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
For anyone interested in authoritarianism, political psychologist Dr. Karen Stenner is now here on Bluesky.
Yes. Here I am 20 yrs ago writing in The Authoritarian Dynamic about "The Future of Intolerance".
This was a LONG time coming, entirely foreseeable, & will endure beyond DJT. We need to figure out how to help the 1/3 of the popn predisposed to authoritarianism to live in peace with liberal democracy
This was a LONG time coming, entirely foreseeable, & will endure beyond DJT. We need to figure out how to help the 1/3 of the popn predisposed to authoritarianism to live in peace with liberal democracy
November 12, 2024 at 4:13 PM
For anyone interested in authoritarianism, political psychologist Dr. Karen Stenner is now here on Bluesky.
People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England is out today and free to download until 7 Oct:
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Edited by Rachel Stenner, Kaley Kramer & I, this volume collects 10 new biographical essays about lesser known, diverse figures involved in the #18C print trade.
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Edited by Rachel Stenner, Kaley Kramer & I, this volume collects 10 new biographical essays about lesser known, diverse figures involved in the #18C print trade.
The People of Print
Cambridge Core - Printing and Publishing History - The People of Print
www.cambridge.org
September 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England is out today and free to download until 7 Oct:
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Edited by Rachel Stenner, Kaley Kramer & I, this volume collects 10 new biographical essays about lesser known, diverse figures involved in the #18C print trade.
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Edited by Rachel Stenner, Kaley Kramer & I, this volume collects 10 new biographical essays about lesser known, diverse figures involved in the #18C print trade.
Link to full interview from which the excerpt above is taken:
psmag.com/news/authori...
psmag.com/news/authori...
Authoritarianism: The Terrifying Trait That Trump Triggers
Latent authoritarianism is surprisingly common—and a threat to liberal democracy. Psychologist Karen Stenner explains how it is triggered.
psmag.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Link to full interview from which the excerpt above is taken:
psmag.com/news/authori...
psmag.com/news/authori...
It's been observed in surveys too! I know of Karen Stenner but I'm sure other people work on it too:
"Your analysis of the 2016 EuroPulse survey [...] concluded that 33 percent of white respondents were predisposed to authoritarianism"
psmag.com/news/authori...
"Your analysis of the 2016 EuroPulse survey [...] concluded that 33 percent of white respondents were predisposed to authoritarianism"
psmag.com/news/authori...
Authoritarianism: The Terrifying Trait That Trump Triggers
Latent authoritarianism is surprisingly common—and a threat to liberal democracy. Psychologist Karen Stenner explains how it is triggered.
psmag.com
May 19, 2026 at 6:46 PM
It's been observed in surveys too! I know of Karen Stenner but I'm sure other people work on it too:
"Your analysis of the 2016 EuroPulse survey [...] concluded that 33 percent of white respondents were predisposed to authoritarianism"
psmag.com/news/authori...
"Your analysis of the 2016 EuroPulse survey [...] concluded that 33 percent of white respondents were predisposed to authoritarianism"
psmag.com/news/authori...
@karenstenner.bsky.social, among others, done great work on this topic
stenner found ~ 30% of peeps pre-disposed to authoritarianism
donny’s averaged 32% of all voters in each of his 3 elections
i do disagree w/dr stenner re accommodating these peeps’ prefs
outvote them
bsky.app/profile/kare...
stenner found ~ 30% of peeps pre-disposed to authoritarianism
donny’s averaged 32% of all voters in each of his 3 elections
i do disagree w/dr stenner re accommodating these peeps’ prefs
outvote them
bsky.app/profile/kare...
September 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
@karenstenner.bsky.social, among others, done great work on this topic
stenner found ~ 30% of peeps pre-disposed to authoritarianism
donny’s averaged 32% of all voters in each of his 3 elections
i do disagree w/dr stenner re accommodating these peeps’ prefs
outvote them
bsky.app/profile/kare...
stenner found ~ 30% of peeps pre-disposed to authoritarianism
donny’s averaged 32% of all voters in each of his 3 elections
i do disagree w/dr stenner re accommodating these peeps’ prefs
outvote them
bsky.app/profile/kare...
I was just re-reading Karen Stenner’s essay on this.
Another term for it is social dominance orientation, but I like to say hierarchical thinking.
This was written during Trump’s first term.
hopenothate.org.uk/2020/11/01/a...
Another term for it is social dominance orientation, but I like to say hierarchical thinking.
This was written during Trump’s first term.
hopenothate.org.uk/2020/11/01/a...
Magazine: Essay – Authoritarianism – HOPE not hate
Liberal democracy has now exceeded many people’s capacity to tolerate it. A HOPE not hate special essay by Karen Stenner.
hopenothate.org.uk
August 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I was just re-reading Karen Stenner’s essay on this.
Another term for it is social dominance orientation, but I like to say hierarchical thinking.
This was written during Trump’s first term.
hopenothate.org.uk/2020/11/01/a...
Another term for it is social dominance orientation, but I like to say hierarchical thinking.
This was written during Trump’s first term.
hopenothate.org.uk/2020/11/01/a...
Holden Stenner spent almost a decade in the armed forces until this year and has connections to Generation Identity, Patriotic Alternative and the Homeland Party.👇
April 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Holden Stenner spent almost a decade in the armed forces until this year and has connections to Generation Identity, Patriotic Alternative and the Homeland Party.👇
As a political scientist, I can definitely confirm this. See: Altemeyer; Stenner.
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
As a political scientist, I can definitely confirm this. See: Altemeyer; Stenner.
Stenner Woods in Didsbury, Manchester
January 14, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Stenner Woods in Didsbury, Manchester
This is a great conversation on the authoritarian personality, with Raphael Behr and political psychologist Dr Karen Stenner - it’s well worth the time to listen podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/p...
The authoritarian personality - why some voters feel drawn to populism and how to lure them away
Podcast Episode · Politics on the Couch · 14/07/2022 · 1h 18m
podcasts.apple.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is a great conversation on the authoritarian personality, with Raphael Behr and political psychologist Dr Karen Stenner - it’s well worth the time to listen podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/p...
I do try to pop in here :)
Adorno is the big one. A good modern political psychologist is Karen Stenner. I quoted some of her research here:
terikanefield.com/can-democrac...
This one is more complete:
terikanefield.com/the-authorit...
Stenner has good stuff on her website.
Adorno is the big one. A good modern political psychologist is Karen Stenner. I quoted some of her research here:
terikanefield.com/can-democrac...
This one is more complete:
terikanefield.com/the-authorit...
Stenner has good stuff on her website.
The Misinformation-Outrage Cycle, Part 1: "There are no Yankees here!" - Teri Kanefield
Begin reading the series here. It’s generally best to follow the advice given to Alice and the White Rabbit in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: “Begin at the beginning, go on to the end, and th...
terikanefield.com
December 22, 2023 at 3:05 AM
I do try to pop in here :)
Adorno is the big one. A good modern political psychologist is Karen Stenner. I quoted some of her research here:
terikanefield.com/can-democrac...
This one is more complete:
terikanefield.com/the-authorit...
Stenner has good stuff on her website.
Adorno is the big one. A good modern political psychologist is Karen Stenner. I quoted some of her research here:
terikanefield.com/can-democrac...
This one is more complete:
terikanefield.com/the-authorit...
Stenner has good stuff on her website.
Marcin Matczak strofuje queerowych aktywistów? Najmniejsze zdziwienie świata. Przypominam: magazynkontakt.pl/umiarkowany-...
April 29, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Marcin Matczak strofuje queerowych aktywistów? Najmniejsze zdziwienie świata. Przypominam: magazynkontakt.pl/umiarkowany-...