{"id":533128,"date":"2026-08-22T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=533128"},"modified":"2026-08-23T10:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T08:10:42","slug":"populism-and-fascism-finally-a-successful-typology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/politique\/populisme-et-fascisme-enfin-une-typologie-reussie\/","title":{"rendered":"Populism and Fascism: Finally, a Successful Typology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>L\u2019historien Marc Lazar propose une lecture rigoureuse des mouvements qui bousculent les d\u00e9mocraties contemporaines. Son dernier essai permet notamment de comprendre ce qui les distingue des r\u00e9gimes autoritaires du XX<sup>e<\/sup> si\u00e8cle.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Les recherches sur ce ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne que l\u2019on appelle \u00abpopulisme\u00bb sont innombrables. Mais rares sont celles qui parviennent \u00e0 un degr\u00e9 de finesse capable de bien identifier ses caract\u00e9ristiques, malgr\u00e9 l\u2019anciennet\u00e9 du terme. En r\u00e9alit\u00e9, cette forme de pens\u00e9e politique se r\u00e9v\u00e8le \u00e0 bien des \u00e9gards in\u00e9dite depuis son apparition \u00abmoderne\u00bb, dans les ann\u00e9es 1970 et 1980, ainsi que son irruption fracassante dans la vie parlementaire de plusieurs pays, au point de s\u2019imposer comme l\u2019\u00e9tiquette quasi \u00abofficielle\u00bb des mouvements plus ou moins extr\u00e9mistes en vogue, surtout \u00e0 partir du d\u00e9but du XXI<sup>e<\/sup>&nbsp;si\u00e8cle. Et de les porter, parfois, dans les arcanes du pouvoir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les \u00e9tudes traitant du sujet butent souvent sur l\u2019originalit\u00e9 de ces mouvements, peinant \u00e0 contredire le discours rituel des partis surtout de gauche qui les associe, dans un refus de la nuance, \u00e0 une r\u00e9surgence plus ou moins aboutie du fascisme. C\u2019est l\u00e0 que r\u00e9side le probl\u00e8me. Une fois le populisme moul\u00e9 dans son uniforme noir ou brun, comment en comprendre les ressorts et sp\u00e9cificit\u00e9s? La revendication de ce mot par la \u00abnouvelle\u00bb extr\u00eame gauche \u00e0 partir des ann\u00e9es&nbsp;2010 n\u2019a fait qu\u2019obscurcir la perception du populisme, tout en signifiant que sa r\u00e9duction \u00e0 un proto- ou post-fascisme comme une sorte d\u2019\u00e9vidence ne pouvait plus fonctionner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-lire-aussi-associer-neoliberalisme-illiberalisme-et-fascisme-mode-d-emploi\">A lire aussi | <a href=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/politique\/illiberalisme-raphael-demias-morisset\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"532533\">Associer n\u00e9olib\u00e9ralisme, illib\u00e9ralisme et fascisme, mode d\u2019emploi<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Certains auteurs ont tent\u00e9 de s\u2019extraire de cette identification, intellectuellement st\u00e9rile. Ainsi Thibault Muzergues, qui a propos\u00e9 en&nbsp;2025 l\u2019int\u00e9ressant concept de \u00abpostpopulisme\u00bb pour expliquer combien il fallait se garder de plaquer n\u2019importe quelle id\u00e9e re\u00e7ue ou autre fantasme fascisto\u00efde sur ce populisme si banalis\u00e9, \u00e0 force d\u2019\u00eatre jet\u00e9 dans toutes les marmites. Dans son essai <em>Postpopulisme: la nouvelle vague qui va secouer l\u2019Occident<\/em>, publi\u00e9 aux Editions de l\u2019Observatoire, le politologue s\u2019appuyait sur ce laboratoire politique en \u00e9bullition permanente qu\u2019est l\u2019Italie pour aborder le populisme dans sa singularit\u00e9, en se m\u00e9fiant des comparaisons historiques trop h\u00e2tives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<form method=\"post\" action=\"https:\/\/newsletter.infomaniak.com\/external\/submit\" class=\"inf-form\" target=\"_blank\"><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" style=\"display:none\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"key\"\nvalue=\"eyJpdiI6IlZXRVJGMlRGQUU2alNqUE81bitIUk5adnNVa0c4MllFTStzOHdHT1FQZ3c9IiwidmFsdWUiOiJIYzhwMUVCK1pTNnlhY3MyMmhuZlhReWJqemEwNk93blMxTjFHc0s2VHZrPSIsIm1hYyI6ImVhYTQ5N2I1M2NiYWE4NzBm\nNjk2NzgzYjliM2Y5NmYzM2E2ZmU3NGQxNTU1ZDFkMTU1MzY5NTdjYjE3ZTJmNTUifQ==\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"webform_id\" value=\"7291\"><style> .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff{ background-color:#f5f5f5;\npadding:25px 20px; margin:25px auto; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-content { margin-top:13px;} .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff h4, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff span, .inf-\nmain_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff label, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff input, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-submit, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-success p a { color:#555555; font-\nsize:14px; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff h4{ font-size:18px; margin:0px 0px 13px 0px; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff h4, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff label{ font-weight:bold; } .inf-\nmain_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-input { margin-bottom:7px; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff label { display:block;} .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff input{ height:35px; color:#999999; border: 1px solid\n#E9E9E9; border:none; padding-left:7px; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-input.inf-error label, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-input.inf-error span.inf-message{ color: #cc0033; } .inf-\nmain_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-input.inf-error input{ border: 1px solid #cc0033; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-input input { width:100%;} .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-input.inf-error\nspan.inf-message { display: block; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-submit { text-align:right;} .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-submit input{ background-color:#777777; color:#ffffff; border:none; font-weight:\nnormal; height:auto; padding:7px; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-submit input.disabled{ opacity: 0.4; } .inf-btn { color: rgb(85, 85, 85); border: medium none; font-weight: normal; height: auto; padding: 7px; display: inline-block;\nbackground-color: white; box-shadow: 0px 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24); border-radius: 2px; line-height: 1em; } .inf-rgpd { margin:25px 0px 15px 0px; color:#555555; } <\/style> <div class=\"inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff\">\n<h4>NEWSLETTER DU REGARD LIBRE<\/h4> <span>Recevez nos articles chaque dimanche.<\/span> <div class=\"inf-success\" style=\"display:none\"> <h4>Votre inscription \u00e0 notre infolettre hebdomadaire a \u00e9t\u00e9 enregistr\u00e9e avec succ\u00e8s !<\/h4> <p>\n<a href=\"#\" class=\"inf-btn\">&laquo;<\/a> <\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"inf-content\"> <div class=\"inf-input inf-input-text\"> <input type=\"text\" name=\"inf[1]\" data-inf-meta = \"1\" data-inf-error = \"Merci de renseigner une adresse email\" required=\"required\"\nplaceholder=\"Email\" > <\/div> <div class=\"inf-submit\"> <input type=\"submit\" name=\"\" value=\"S\u2019inscrire\"> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/form>\n\n\n\n<p>Mais la tentative \u00e0 nos yeux la plus r\u00e9ussie de d\u00e9passer les th\u00e9ories les plus courantes sur la question nous semble celui de Marc Lazar, <em>Pour l\u2019amour du peuple. Histoire du populisme en France XIX<\/em><sup>e<\/sup><em>-XXI<\/em><sup>e<\/sup><em>&nbsp;si\u00e8cle<\/em>, paru en&nbsp;2025 chez&nbsp;Gallimard. Bien que centr\u00e9 sur la France, ce livre nourri d\u2019une vaste \u00e9rudition pr\u00e9sente un mod\u00e8le de compr\u00e9hension percutant de ce courant politique, \u00e0 la fois dans sa dynamique propre et ses similitudes, mais aussi et surtout ses diff\u00e9rences avec le fascisme. L\u2019auteur peut ainsi montrer \u00e0 quel point le populisme appartient bien aux deux flancs extr\u00eames de l\u2019\u00e9chiquier politique, le populisme de gauche troquant l\u2019exploitation du peuple et des \u00e9trangers contre l\u2019identitarisme national cher \u00e0 son cousin de droite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La d\u00e9finition que Marc Lazar propose du populisme de droite est une habile synth\u00e8se des travaux existants. Au repli national, ce populisme ajoute l\u2019unit\u00e9 id\u00e9alis\u00e9e d\u2019un peuple mythifi\u00e9, si\u00e8ge des toutes les vertus face aux \u00e9lites forc\u00e9ment corrompues. Jouant sur les \u00e9motions, sa haine braqu\u00e9e sur des boucs \u00e9missaires d\u00e9magogiquement s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9s, le populisme se distingue par sa capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 se complaire dans la disruption, en arborant sa volont\u00e9 de changer le syst\u00e8me. La transformation ainsi postul\u00e9e doit toutefois s\u2019ancrer dans le concret, celui du peuple incarnant le \u00abbas\u00bb, oppos\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019abstrait, apanage du \u00abhaut\u00bb, celui d\u2019un establishment dilu\u00e9 dans l\u2019admiration b\u00e9ate d\u2019une modernit\u00e9 d\u00e9cadente. N\u00e9anmoins, bien que fascin\u00e9 par l\u2019autorit\u00e9 du chef, le populisme, sculpt\u00e9 dans la protestation, se r\u00e9clame de l\u2019application d\u2019une d\u00e9mocratie dont il aurait r\u00e9nov\u00e9 les fondements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-lire-aussi-le-populisme-n-est-pas-un-phenomene-contemporain\">A lire aussi | <a href=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/histoire\/populisme-analyse\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"531920\">Le populisme n\u2019est pas un ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne contemporain<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Et c\u2019est l\u00e0, comme l\u2019expose subtilement Marc Lazar, que le populisme se s\u00e9pare de toute forme de fascisme ou de communisme, qui n\u2019ont jamais cherch\u00e9 \u00e0 sauver les principes de la d\u00e9mocratie \u00abbourgeoise\u00bb de leur pr\u00e9tendu an\u00e9antissement. Au contraire! Si le fascisme contient des \u00e9l\u00e9ments que l\u2019on peut qualifier de populistes, il privil\u00e9gie d\u2019autres dimensions le pla\u00e7ant sur une autre orbite. Ainsi l\u2019usage de la violence, consubstantiel aux mouvements fascistes selon l\u2019essayiste. Ainsi le r\u00f4le de l\u2019Etat, vers lequel tout finit par converger, \u00e0 travers le <em>F\u00fchrerprinzip<\/em>, bien que son autorit\u00e9 soit parcellis\u00e9e, selon la th\u00e8se de Johann Chapoutot dans <em>Libres d\u2019ob\u00e9ir<\/em> (Gallimard, 2020): l\u2019exemple fran\u00e7ais montre les tensions internes au Rassemblement national sur la place de l\u2019Etat dans l\u2019\u00e9conomie. M\u00eame le nationalisme dont s\u2019emparent les deux courants n\u2019est pas identique: au nationalisme conqu\u00e9rant des fascistes et nazis, de nature religieuse, fait face celui d\u00e9fensif des populistes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ces distinctions non n\u00e9gligeables font du livre de Marc Lazar un outil pr\u00e9cieux pour analyser sereinement les populismes qui nous entourent et qui, en effet, minent d\u00e9j\u00e0 et, comme le sugg\u00e8re Thibault Muzergues, vont encore \u00absecouer l\u2019Occident\u00bb. Il est ainsi possible de les aborder en connaissance de cause, et de les combattre de mani\u00e8re appropri\u00e9e, en \u00e9vitant tout contresens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Olivier Meuwly<\/strong> est historien. Sp\u00e9cialiste du XIX<sup>e<\/sup>&nbsp;si\u00e8cle helv\u00e9tique, il est l\u2019auteur de nombreux essais sur la d\u00e9mocratie directe, le lib\u00e9ralisme et les partis politiques suisses.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-vous-venez-de-lire-un-contenu-en-libre-acces-publie-dans-notre-edition-papier-le-regard-libre-nbsp-n-128-debats-analyses-actualites-culturelles-nbsp-abonnez-vous-nbsp-a-notre-media-de-reflexion-pour-nous-soutenir-et-avoir-acces-a-tous-nos-contenus\">Vous venez de lire un contenu en libre acc\u00e8s publi\u00e9 dans notre \u00e9dition papier (<a href=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/cpt-editions\/le-regard-libre-128-pensee\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/cpt-editions\/le-regard-libre-128-pensee\/\"><em>Le Regard Libre&nbsp;<\/em>N\u00b0128<\/a>). D\u00e9bats, analyses, actualit\u00e9s culturelles:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/abonnement\/\">abonnez-vous<\/a>&nbsp;\u00e0 notre m\u00e9dia de r\u00e9flexion pour nous soutenir et avoir acc\u00e8s \u00e0 tous nos contenus.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pour-lamour-du-peuple.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-533133 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pour-lamour-du-peuple.jpg 400w, https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pour-lamour-du-peuple-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pour-lamour-du-peuple-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pour-lamour-du-peuple-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pour-lamour-du-peuple-300x482.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Marc Lazar<br><em><em><em>Pour l\u2019amour du peuple. Histoire du populisme en France XIX<\/em><sup>e<\/sup><em>-XXI<\/em><sup>e<\/sup><em>&nbsp;si\u00e8cle<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Gallimard<br>Octobre 2025<br>320 pages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/payot.ch\/p\/pour-l-amour-du-peuple-9782070141975\">Commander le livre<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L\u2019historien Marc Lazar propose une lecture rigoureuse des mouvements qui bousculent les d\u00e9mocraties contemporaines. Son dernier essai permet notamment de comprendre ce qui les distingue des r\u00e9gimes autoritaires du XXe si\u00e8cle.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":533132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1001],"tags":[14421,737545,560452,644358446,406931,644358450],"class_list":["post-533128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politique","tag-essais","tag-extreme-droite","tag-fascisme","tag-lessai-du-mois","tag-populisme","tag-recensions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.9 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Populisme et fascisme, enfin une typologie r\u00e9ussie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Le populisme est-il une r\u00e9surgence du fascisme? 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