A Reply to My Critics

Abstract

It is an enormous privilege to be able to engage in public conversation with such thoughtful interlocutors whose own work I admire. I am greatly indebted to Willem Derde for establishing this forum as well as to each of my respondents for their careful reading and generous remarks. In some respects they represent Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte better than I did! Indeed, I have myself learned something about what the book is about through them. In my response, however, I will focus on the places where we appear to differ, though in all cases the differences appear relatively small. In so doing I hope to clarify my argument.