Charismatistic leadership in social movements in Belgium during the interwar years. Hendrik De Man, minister in shirtsleeves, in a comparative perspective. Ghent University
The research project examines ‘charismatic’ leadership in social movements, a subject that has been neglected by historiography since Max Weber’s conceptual notes at the beginning of the twentieth century. The focal point is the Belgian labour movement in the interbellum. After the first generation of charismatic leaders at the end of the nineteenth century, a new generation emerged, which, with its preference for a nationally oriented ...