Table of Contents

Preface

1 Revisiting identity: A short, selective history

2 Key elements in the poststructuralist/social constructivist approach to identity

3 Towards a Marxist approach to identity: From recognition and redistribution debates to a historical materialist view of being in the world

4 From structure and agency to structuring spheres

5 Expanding positioning theory

6 Applying the expanded model of positioning theory: An example

7 Conclusion

References

Index

About the Author

David Block is Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (Catalan Institute of Research and Advanced Studies) (ICREA) Research Professor in Sociolinguistics at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. He has published books, articles and chapters on a variety of topics, adopting in recent years a Marxist perspective in his analysis of contemporary social phenomena. He is co-editor (with Sarah Khan) of The Secret Life of English-Medium Instruction (Routledge, 2021).