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Drawing on the concept of "elective affinities" from the writings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Max Weber, I seek to articulate a scientific framework for under- standing psychological receptiveness to ideological messages.
Our review highlights “elective affinities” between situational and dispositional needs of individuals and groups and the structure and contents of specific ideologies. Finally, we consider the consequences of ideology, especially with respect to attitudes, evaluations, and processes of system justification.
The term “elective affinities” was originally a scientific term from chemistry, once widely used by scientists such as Robert Boyle, Isaac Newton and Antoine Lavoisier, at first to describe exothermic chemical reactions and later to refer to chemical reactions in which one ion would displace another.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1809
Mar 15, 2017 · Although some object to the very notion that there are meaningful psychological differences between leftists and rightists, the identification of “elective affinities” between cognitive-motivational processes and contents of specific belief systems is essential to the study of political psychology.
- John T. Jost
- 2017
Aug 7, 2024 · For William Connolly (2008), the elective affinities that produce resonances between and across religious and economic systems are captured by his theoretico-heureistic device of the “evangelical-capitalist resonance machine.”
- keanu@keanuheydari.com
Feb 1, 2009 · Our review highlights "elective affinities" between situational and dispositional needs of individuals and groups and the structure and contents of specific ideologies.
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An abundance of research in political psychology demonstrates that leftists and rightists (or liberals and conservatives) diverge from one another in terms of: (a) personality characteristics; (b) cognitive processing styles; (c) motivational interests and concerns; (d) the prioritization of personal values; and (e) neurological structures and p...
