Power, war, and melodrama in the discourses of political movements

M Blain - Theory and Society, 1994 - JSTOR
This article outlines an interpretive-analytic for the study of how d course functions in sociopolitical
movements. Employing ideas deriv from Kenneth Burke and Michel Foucault, and the …

The politics of victimage: Power and subjection in a US anti-gay campaign

M Blain - Critical Discourse Studies, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
This paper articulates a genealogical approach to critical discourse analysis derived from
Michel Foucault and Kenneth Burke. The possibilities of this approach are displayed through a …

Fighting words: What we can learn from Hitler's hyperbole

M Blain - Symbolic Interaction, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
The question of why human beings fight wars continues to stalk modern thought. This article
treats Hitler's national socialist discourse as an extreme example of the social construction …

[PDF][PDF] On the genealogy of terrorism

M Blain - Interrogating the War on Terror, 2007 - swedishcollegium.se
The 9-11-2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, New York City, was a “defining moment,”
and not only for George Bush. One can debate whether it was an “act of war,”“asymmetric …

[BOOK][B] The sociology of terrorism: Studies in power, subjection, and victimage ritual

M Blain - 2009 - books.google.com
This book is a compilation of previously published studies on the role of culture and language
in political violence and terrorism. These studies have contributed to a paradigmatic shift …

[BOOK][B] Power, discourse and victimage ritual in the war on terror

M Blain - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
Blending concepts from 'dramatism' such as 'victimage ritual' with Foucault's approach to
modern power and knowledge regimes, this book presents a novel and illuminating perspective …

Social science discourse and the biopolitics of terrorism

M Blain - Sociology Compass, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This article weaves social science discourse into the fabric of a genealogy of terrorism. The
power struggles associated with the US lead global war on terrorism are producing many …

Rhetorical Practice in an Anti‐Nuclear Weapons Campaign

M Blain - Peace & Change, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
This article pmsents a rhetorical analysis of peace activists' discursive practices in a victorious
campaign to defeat a Department of Energy plan to build a nuclear weaponsplant in the …

Increasing sociometric rank, meaningfulness, and discriminability of children's names through reinforcement and interaction

MJ Blain, M Ramirez III - Child Development, 1968 - JSTOR
The present study was generated from Ramirez' (1967) and Ramirez and Castaneda's (1967)
findings that there are 2 kinds of low sociometric ranked children: (1) those who are well …

The role of death in political conflict

M Blain - Psychoanalytic review, 1976 - search.proquest.com
THE ROLE OF DEATH IN POUTICAL CONFLICT Michael Blain The implications of death
extend well beyond the scope of hospital and home. The media of mass communication …