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SUMMARY:John Burt discusses Lincoln's Tragic Pragmatism
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Event Name: John Burt discusses Lincoln's Tragic Pragmatism=0D=0AEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441655814=0D=0AEvent Date Begin: 2013-01-25=0D=0AEvent Date End: 2013-01-25=0D=0A=0D=0A 'A magnificent achievement.' - David Walker Howe, author of What Hath God Wrought=0D=0A=Far more than slavery was at stake in 1858, when challenger Abraham Lincoln debated incumbent Stephen Douglas seven times in the race for a U.S. Senate seat from Illinois. In Lincoln's Tragic Pragmatism, literary critic John Burt examines the overarching and still relevant questions posed by the Lincoln-Douglas debates: Can a liberal political system be used to mediate moral disputes? And if it cannot, is violence inevitable?=0D=0A=Join us for an evening with Brandeis English professor John Burt, as he discusses what historian John Stauffer has called, 'A brilliant, ground-breaking book with fresh insights on almost every page.'=0D=0A=Parking is available directly behind Back Pages in the Crescent Street Lot (no charge after 6 PM).
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