Aurelian Craiutu

Faces of Moderation

The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 566g
• ISBN-13: 9780812248760
• ISBN-10: 0812248767
• Artikelnr.: 44826258

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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