This article is part of the special cluster, “National, European, Transnational: Far-right activism in the 20th and 21st centuries”, guest edited by Agnieszka Pasieka.

Bolesław Piasecki, the leader of the Polish National Radical Movement (RNR), was one of the influential far-right activists in the 1930s. This article examines his political leadership through the lens of Weberian charismatic authority, enhanced by the analytical Anthony Ammeter’s framework for the analyzing power dynamics of leadership. Through a close investigation of the development of his political career, the article shows—in contrast to much of the existing literature—that Piasecki’s power was forged through triangular interactions between his skills and influential personality, the expectations and needs of his associates, and as a result of a series of events in which he displayed the ability to wield political impact. This approach sheds light on the ways in which political leadership is reliant on a wider network of relationships and shows that Piasecki’s charismatic authority was to a large extent an image constructed by his closest associates. At the same time, it shows parallels and connections between the RNR and other European fascist movements. This approach enables us to define and specify more precisely the nature of the RNR, and dig deep into the complex dynamics lying behind the final failure of the movement and Piasecki’s leadership.

本文是 Agnieszka Pasieka 客座编辑的特殊集群“国家、欧洲、跨国：20 世纪和 21 世纪的极右翼激进主义”的一部分。

Bolesław Piasecki 是波兰民族激进运动 (RNR) 的领导人，是 1930 年代有影响力的极右翼活动家之一。本文通过韦伯式魅力权威的视角考察了他的政治领导力，并通过安东尼·安米特的分析性领导力动态框架加以加强。通过对他的政治生涯发展的仔细调查，这篇文章表明——与现有的大部分文献相比——皮亚塞基的权力是通过他的技能和有影响力的个性、同事的期望和需求之间的三角相互作用而形成的，并且作为一系列事件的结果，他在其中展示了施加政治影响的能力。这种方法揭示了政治领导依赖于更广泛的关系网络的方式，并表明皮亚塞基的魅力权威在很大程度上是由他最亲密的同事构建的形象。同时，它显示了 RNR 与其他欧洲法西斯运动之间的相似之处和联系。这种方法使我们能够更准确地定义和指定 RNR 的性质，并深入挖掘运动最终失败和 Piasecki 领导层背后的复杂动态。