Afterword

This short chapter is deliberately called an afterword rather than a conclusion as it’s difficult to see how the diverse and shifting discussions captured in the preceding chapters could lead to anything as definitive sounding as a conclusion. Indeed, that would, I feel, miss the whole point of the enterprise. So instead, this is an opportunity to reflect on the processes and relationships that underpin the book and which were the conditions for starting the project in the first place. So, not a conclusion but instead some thoughts about the pleasures and possibilities – and even problems – of thinking together....