Charismatic Leadership and Social Movements

The Revolutionary Power of Ordinary Men and Women
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-85745-329-7
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 468 g

Reihe: International Studies in Social History

Much of the writing on charisma focuses on specific traits associated with exceptional leaders, a practice that has broadened the concept of charisma to such an extent that it loses its distinctiveness – and therefore its utility. More particularly, the concept’s relevance to the study of social movements has not moved beyond generalizations. The contributors to this volume renew the debate on charismatic leadership from a historical perspective and seek to illuminate the concept’s relevance to the study of social movements. The case studies here include such leaders as Mahatma Gandhi; the architect of apartheid, Daniel F. Malan; the heroine of the Spanish Civil War, Dolores Ibarruri (la pasionaria); and Mao Zedong. These charismatic leaders were not just professional politicians or administrators, but sustained a strong symbiotic relationship with their followers, one that stimulated devotion to the leader and created a real group identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stutje, Jan Willem

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Introduction: Historiographical and theoretical aspects of Weber’s concept of charismatic leadership

Jan Willem Stutje

Part I: The charismatic family

Chapter 1. A New Kind of Force: Examining charisma in the light of Gandhi’s moral authority

Dilip Simeon

Chapter 2. An Unlikely Charismatic Leader: D.F. Malan in a Weberian light

Lindie Koorts

Chapter 3. Bearded, Attractive and Beloved: The Charisma of Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis (1846–1919)

Jan Willem Stutje

Chapter 4. Errico Malatesta and Charismatic Leadership

Carl Levy

Chapter 5. Pasionaria: a Case of Charisma through Representation

Juan Avilés

Chapter 6. Mao Zedong: Charismatic Leadership and the Contradictions of Socialist Revolution

Arif Dirlik

Part II: Charismatic Observations

Chapter 7. Charismatic Leaders, Political Religion and Social Movements. Western Europe at the End of the Nineteenth Century

Henk te Velde

Chapter 8. ‘Je ne sais quoi’: Some reflections on the study of charisma

Marc Reynebeau

Chapter 9. Incendiary Personalities: Uncommon Comments on Charisma in Social Movements

Thomas Welskopp

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stutje, Jan Willem
Jan Willem Stutje is a research fellow at The Institute of Biography at the University of Groningen. From 2001–05, he was a fellow at the International Institute of Social History and at the Free University of Brussels. He is the author of several biographies including Ernest Mandel: A Rebel’s Dream Deferred (Verso 2009).

Jan Willem Stutje is a research fellow at The Institute of Biography at the University of Groningen. From 2001–05, he was a fellow at the International Institute of Social History and at the Free University of Brussels. He is the author of several biographies including Ernest Mandel: A Rebel’s Dream Deferred (Verso 2009).