ABSTRACT

The similarities between Donald Trump and Jacob Zuma, both authoritarian populist leaders, are striking in that they come from differing political trajectories: respectively, from deep reactionary currents and from a radical national liberation movement. This contrast points to the diverse origins of contemporary forms of authoritarian populism. Scholars have rightly identified the important differences between the fascism of the Hitler and Mussolini era and the authoritarian populisms of the years after the Second World War, of which the apartheid-era National Party may be considered an example. However, the article suggests, the radicalization of authoritarian populism internationally is producing a potential slide to something approaching classical fascism. In the US, this danger is ominously threatening, whereas in South Africa the partial defeat of Jacob Zuma, reflecting real strengths in civil society and institutions, seems to have arrested this process.

摘要

威权民粹主义领导人唐纳德·特朗普和雅各布·祖马之间的相似之处令人震惊，因为它们来自不同的政治轨迹：分别来自深刻的反动潮流和激进的民族解放运动。这种对比指出了当代形式的专制民粹主义的起源。学者们正确地确定了希特勒和墨索里尼时代的法西斯主义与第二次世界大战后几年的威权民粹主义之间的重要区别，种族隔离时代的国民党就是其中的一个例子。但是，该文章认为，国际上威权主义民粹主义的激进化正在为接近古典法西斯主义的事物带来潜在的下滑。在美国，这种危险正在威胁着，