ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

BOOKS ARE always joint ventures. Rewiring the Real, as well as much else, would not have been possible without the generous support of Wendy Lochner, James Jordan, and Lisa Hamm, Columbia University Press; Nicholas Dirks, Columbia University; Emily Brennan and Chelsea Ebin, the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life; Thomas Carlson, University of California, Santa Barbara; David Miller, Syracuse University; Mark Danielewski, and Richard Powers. A special word of thanks to past and present students at Williams College and Columbia University for exploring these ideas with me. And as always, my deepest appreciation to Margaret Weyers for her endless support, Jack Miles for our lifelong conversation, and Dinny for everything.

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