David Block is Honorary Professor of Sociolinguistics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. He is author of Innovations and Challenges in Identity Research (Routledge, 2022) and Interviews in Applied Linguistics: Autobiographical Reflections on Research Processes (Routledge, 2024).

'In this fascinating study, David Block scrutinizes one of the most peculiar political phenomena of our time, diagonalism. Situating the latter within wider post-truth politics, Block’s critical discourse analysis both highlights the degrading effects of diagonalism on public debate and issues a powerful warning. Highly recommended!'Bernhard Forchtner, Associate Professor, University of Leicester

• List of figuresAcknowledgementsChapter 1 Introduction: Diagonalism and this bookChapter 2 The far rightChapter 3 Populism and related conceptsChapter 4 A framework for the examination and analysis of far-right populist discourseChapter 5 The telling case of Russell BrandChapter 6 Further to diagonalism and well beyondIndex

David Block is Honorary Professor of Sociolinguistics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. He is author of Innovations and Challenges in Identity Research (Routledge, 2022) and Interviews in Applied Linguistics: Autobiographical Reflections on Research Processes (Routledge, 2024).

'In this fascinating study, David Block scrutinizes one of the most peculiar political phenomena of our time, diagonalism. Situating the latter within wider post-truth politics, Block’s critical discourse analysis both highlights the degrading effects of diagonalism on public debate and issues a powerful warning. Highly recommended!'Bernhard Forchtner, Associate Professor, University of Leicester

• List of figuresAcknowledgementsChapter 1 Introduction: Diagonalism and this bookChapter 2 The far rightChapter 3 Populism and related conceptsChapter 4 A framework for the examination and analysis of far-right populist discourseChapter 5 The telling case of Russell BrandChapter 6 Further to diagonalism and well beyondIndex

David Block is Honorary Professor of Sociolinguistics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. He is author of Innovations and Challenges in Identity Research (Routledge, 2022) and Interviews in Applied Linguistics: Autobiographical Reflections on Research Processes (Routledge, 2024).

'In this fascinating study, David Block scrutinizes one of the most peculiar political phenomena of our time, diagonalism. Situating the latter within wider post-truth politics, Block’s critical discourse analysis both highlights the degrading effects of diagonalism on public debate and issues a powerful warning. Highly recommended!'Bernhard Forchtner, Associate Professor, University of Leicester

• List of figuresAcknowledgementsChapter 1 Introduction: Diagonalism and this bookChapter 2 The far rightChapter 3 Populism and related conceptsChapter 4 A framework for the examination and analysis of far-right populist discourseChapter 5 The telling case of Russell BrandChapter 6 Further to diagonalism and well beyondIndex