Reviews the book, by John Moffatt Mecklin (1924). We are indebted to Professor Mecklin for a fair, concise, and authoritative account of one of the most curious and interesting social movements of the present time. He shows how the revived Klan sprang from the sentimental brain of its founder, Colonel Simmons, who was never more than a figure-head, and became under two or three years of commercial exploitation by skillful promoters, an "invisible empire" of perhaps between two and three million members. In spite of the protest of its founder the Klan is no longer purely a patriotic and fraternal order. It has become, through the avowed policy of its local branches (and these are the real centers of power), an organization for enforcing its views of social regulation and control through the un-American methods of mob violence and intimidation of free speech. The author characterizes the Klan gospel as a "tangled mass of half-truths, passionate loyalties, traditional prejudices, and unreasoned convictions'. "In the language of Freudianism, the Klan is essentially a defense mechanism against evils which are often more imaginary than real. It is for this reason negative rather than constructive in its influence."
The Ku Klux Klan: A study of the American mind
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Reviews the book, by John Moffatt Mecklin (1924). We are indebted to Professor Mecklin for a fair, concise, and authoritative account of one of the most curious and interesting social movements of the present time. He shows how the revived Klan sprang from the sentimental brain of its founder, Colonel Simmons, who was never more than a figure-head, and became under two or three years of commercial exploitation by skillful promoters, an "invisible empire" of perhaps between two and three million members. In spite of the protest of its founder the Klan is no longer purely a patriotic and fraternal order. It has become, through the avowed policy of its local branches (and these are the real centers of power), an organization for enforcing its views of social regulation and control through the un-American methods of mob violence and intimidation of free speech. The author characterizes the Klan gospel as a "tangled mass of half-truths, passionate loyalties, traditional prejudices, and unreasoned convictions'. "In the language of Freudianism, the Klan is essentially a defense mechanism against evils which are often more imaginary than real. It is for this reason negative rather than constructive in its influence."Preview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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The Ku Klux Klan: A study of the American mind
Allport, Floyd H.
Follow The Journal of Abnormal Psychology and Social Psychology
, Volume 19 (4): 429
PsycARTICLES® – Jan 1, 1924
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