The Open and Closed Mind: Investigations into the Nature of Belief Systems and Personality Systems

2015 Reprint of 1960 Edition. Full Facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Based on intensive studies this work probes deeply into the nature of prejudice and dogmatic thinking. In so doing it sheds light on the processes by which man constructs and organizes his systems of belief and on the relation between an individuals patterns of belief and his underlying personality structure. It follows in the tradition of Escape from Freedom and The Authoritarian Personality.