Concluding remarks

Abstract

When Rita and I decided to edit this volume we decided to divide the editorial commitments between us as follows: she would write the introduction and I would write the conclusion. As I settled down to my task however I realized that I had bitten more than I could chew-may be more than anyone can chew-by offering to write a conclusion to such a diverse though not unconnected set of essays. Lest the hermeneutical effort produce yet another book, I would like to lower the bar with the reader's permission and offer concluding remarks on the different papers instead of a grand conclusion. Rita has already indicated in the introduction how the papers cohere as a whole, so I shall use this opportunity to draw out further some of the threads which have gone into the weaving of this tapestry. I shall allude to each paper by the author's name, including my own notwithstanding the loss of modesty that might evolve.