PAUL STARR
Thursday, May 10 at 7:30 p.m. Downstairs at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Avenue
--THIS EVENT CANCELLED--

Co-presented with the TOWN HALL CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE. Eminent Princeton professor and Pulitzer Prize-wining author (The Social Transformation of American Medicine) Paul Starr visits to discuss his newest work, Freedom's Power: The True Force of Liberalism (Perseus). "Part political theory and part intellectual history, this book tracks the development of liberalism as the world's dominant political tradition and argues for its continued ascendancy as the best guarantor of individual rights and prosperity on the global stage...Defending liberalism from its socialist as well as its conservative critics, Starr sees his ideology as a middle path...Complex macroeconomic, demographic and philosophical trends are presented engagingly and understandably for casual readers and political buffs alike." - Publishers Weekly. $5 admission at the door (no advance tickets). Preferred seating for Town Hall members. Town Hall Seattle is located at 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca). For more information, please see www.townhallseattle.org or call (206) 652-4255.

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