Response to Lev and Bonilla: The One and the Many

I want to illustrate the risks and possibilities of comparative work by engaging with two of the essays presented at an international symposium on my book, Making the Case, both of which are printed in this volume. The first, by a Latin American scholar, Daniel Bonilla; the second by a Danish scholar, Amnon Lev. Both are thoughtful efforts to engage my work. I appreciate that effort. Just as with comparing cultures, I am sure I will do violence to their work in comparing them with my own.