Faces of Moderation - The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes

Aurelian Craiutu is Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is author and editor of several books on French political thought, most recently A Virtue for Courageous Minds: Moderation in French Political Thought, 1748-1830.

List of contents

Prologue. In Search of an Elusive Virtue

Chapter 1. The Ethos of Moderation

Chapter 2. The Lucidity of Moderation: Raymond Aron as a "Committed Observer"

Chapter 3. Moderation as an Antidote to Monism: Isaiah Berlin's Cold War Liberalism

Chapter 4. Meekness as a Face of Moderation: Norberto Bobbio's Politics of Dialogue

Chapter 5. Moderation and Trimming: Michael Oakeshott's Politics of Skepticism

Chapter 6. Radical Moderation and the Search for Moral Clarity: Adam Michnik's Lesson

Epilogue. Beyond the Golden Mean

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

About the author

Aurelian Craiutu

Product details

• Authors: Aurelian Craiutu
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780812224092
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2409-2
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Haney Foundation; Haney Foundation; Haney Foundation Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education