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).

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• Preface1 Revisiting identity: A short, selective history2 Key elements in the poststructuralist/social constructivist approach to identity3 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 theory6 Applying the expanded model of positioning theory: An example7 ConclusionReferencesIndex

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).

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• Preface1 Revisiting identity: A short, selective history2 Key elements in the poststructuralist/social constructivist approach to identity3 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 theory6 Applying the expanded model of positioning theory: An example7 ConclusionReferencesIndex