ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the meaning of “I -positions.” Our “I” manifests itself in different situations in different ways—in other words, in different positions. Those different positions occur because our “I” does not always stand in the same relation to other people, who themselves also occupy their own I-positions. I-positions and counter-positions arise in the interaction with other people, people with whom we have different kinds of interactions. I-positions can also relate to a position people occupy in society, the role they play in it. We all are citizens of a country, but we are also consumers, and many of us are also students, or employees. So for most of us additional I-positions exist, depending on the roles you play in society. An I-position refers to the way in which people position themselves in relation to other people and themselves.
