Modern leaderist populism differs fundamentally from Leninist ideological schools

Evidence

While those signifiers might seem reminiscent of the left’s tendency toward the cult of personality, they could not, in fact, be more distinct from ancestors such as “Leninism,” “Stalinism,” “Trotskyism,” or “Maoism.” Those were the names of specific branches of a common faith, particular interpretations of a shared ideological corpus. Rather than pointing to the abilities of a star player bringing victory to a disorganized team, they implied a totalizing philosophy of play. — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 268

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes personalized hyperleaderism from ideologically-bounded ism-doctrines.
• XREF: connects to: New mass-party replacements combine horizontal structure with undisciplined leaderism — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment: The Left After the…, 342; Populists combine nationalism with speed rhetoric and a govern-by-chaos doctrine — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 251

Broader Connections

• Populists combine nationalism with speed rhetoric and a govern-by-chaos doctrine #expands (0.72) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 251