There's been a number of hypotheses and theories developed to explore this very topic.
From Hannah Arendt's 'Banality of Evil' idea to the F-Scale developed by Adorno using the concept of authoritarianism to explore fascism. To my knowledge, no one theory has yet arisen that explains every facet of personality in addition to war and that is not even desirable. As Popper would have it, a theory that explains everything - explains nothing.
I should imagine that there is a kernel or truth in most of these ideas such as Milgram's obedience studies especially when tied to Arendt's banality of evil idea.
Uniting several theories of personality and war will probably be useful in understanding the links between personality and conflict.
There's been a number of hypotheses and theories developed to explore this very topic.
From Hannah Arendt's 'Banality of Evil' idea to the F-Scale developed by Adorno using the concept of authoritarianism to explore fascism. To my knowledge, no one theory has yet arisen that explains every facet of personality in addition to war and that is not even desirable. As Popper would have it, a theory that explains everything - explains nothing.
I should imagine that there is a kernel or truth in most of these ideas such as Milgram's obedience studies especially when tied to Arendt's banality of evil idea.
Uniting several theories of personality and war will probably be useful in understanding the links between personality and conflict.