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Contents Introduction 1 C H A P T E R O N E Toward a New Paradigm of Difference 25 C H A P T E R T W O Variety and Diversity: Two Qualities and Directions of Difference 47 C H A P T E R T H R E E Time Differences: The Changing Nature of Change 65 C H A P T E R F O U R Writing Histories, Making Differences 97 C H A P T E R F I V E The Commodification of Difference: Media and the Emerging Attention Economy 121 C H A P T E R S I X Ethics and Differentiation: Turning Away from the Same 155 vi Contents C H A P T E R S E V E N Convergence on Variety: Modern Irony, Postmodern Ideal 177 C H A P T E R E I G H T Delinking Equity and Equality 203 C H A P T E R N I N E Diversity and Equity: Global Relational Commons and Global Public Good 225 C H A P T E R T E N Making a Difference: Toward a New Structure of Feeling 241 Epilogue: The Next Step? 285 Notes 295 Bibliography of Works Cited 317 Index 327 ...

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