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.

"Superb and timely." (Peter Wehner, New York Times) "I've been inspired by Aurelian Craiutu's great book Faces of Moderation." (David Brooks, New York Times) "[Craiutu] has written a work that challenges readers to consider the complexity of moderation, raising interesting questions about its effects and contexts, and has thereby enriched the discussion. In the spirit of the moderates, may the conversation continue so this virtue and others are better appreciated." (Society) "Stimulating and learned, Faces of Moderation displays the virtue of moderation in the very act of highlighting exemplary cases of the virtue in action from throughout the twentieth-century, granting readers a grounded understanding of its uses and limits. Aurelian Craiutu's conclusion, with its call for moderation in a hyperpartisan age, is intellectually moving and lyrically written." (Samuel Moyn, Yale University) "Aurelian Craiutu is devoted to rehabilitating what he believes to be, correctly in my view, the forgotten virtue of moderation. He demonstrates a considerable mastery of the topic and his knowledge of the central figures is impeccable." (Steven Smith, Yale University)

• Prologue. In Search of an Elusive VirtueChapter 1. The Ethos of ModerationChapter 2. The Lucidity of Moderation: Raymond Aron as a "Committed Observer"Chapter 3. Moderation as an Antidote to Monism: Isaiah Berlin's Cold War LiberalismChapter 4. Meekness as a Face of Moderation: Norberto Bobbio's Politics of DialogueChapter 5. Moderation and Trimming: Michael Oakeshott's Politics of SkepticismChapter 6. Radical Moderation and the Search for Moral Clarity: Adam Michnik's LessonEpilogue. Beyond the Golden MeanNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

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.

"Superb and timely." (Peter Wehner, New York Times) "I've been inspired by Aurelian Craiutu's great book Faces of Moderation." (David Brooks, New York Times) "[Craiutu] has written a work that challenges readers to consider the complexity of moderation, raising interesting questions about its effects and contexts, and has thereby enriched the discussion. In the spirit of the moderates, may the conversation continue so this virtue and others are better appreciated." (Society) "Stimulating and learned, Faces of Moderation displays the virtue of moderation in the very act of highlighting exemplary cases of the virtue in action from throughout the twentieth-century, granting readers a grounded understanding of its uses and limits. Aurelian Craiutu's conclusion, with its call for moderation in a hyperpartisan age, is intellectually moving and lyrically written." (Samuel Moyn, Yale University) "Aurelian Craiutu is devoted to rehabilitating what he believes to be, correctly in my view, the forgotten virtue of moderation. He demonstrates a considerable mastery of the topic and his knowledge of the central figures is impeccable." (Steven Smith, Yale University)

• Prologue. In Search of an Elusive VirtueChapter 1. The Ethos of ModerationChapter 2. The Lucidity of Moderation: Raymond Aron as a "Committed Observer"Chapter 3. Moderation as an Antidote to Monism: Isaiah Berlin's Cold War LiberalismChapter 4. Meekness as a Face of Moderation: Norberto Bobbio's Politics of DialogueChapter 5. Moderation and Trimming: Michael Oakeshott's Politics of SkepticismChapter 6. Radical Moderation and the Search for Moral Clarity: Adam Michnik's LessonEpilogue. Beyond the Golden MeanNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

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.

"Superb and timely." (Peter Wehner, New York Times) "I've been inspired by Aurelian Craiutu's great book Faces of Moderation." (David Brooks, New York Times) "[Craiutu] has written a work that challenges readers to consider the complexity of moderation, raising interesting questions about its effects and contexts, and has thereby enriched the discussion. In the spirit of the moderates, may the conversation continue so this virtue and others are better appreciated." (Society) "Stimulating and learned, Faces of Moderation displays the virtue of moderation in the very act of highlighting exemplary cases of the virtue in action from throughout the twentieth-century, granting readers a grounded understanding of its uses and limits. Aurelian Craiutu's conclusion, with its call for moderation in a hyperpartisan age, is intellectually moving and lyrically written." (Samuel Moyn, Yale University) "Aurelian Craiutu is devoted to rehabilitating what he believes to be, correctly in my view, the forgotten virtue of moderation. He demonstrates a considerable mastery of the topic and his knowledge of the central figures is impeccable." (Steven Smith, Yale University)

• Prologue. In Search of an Elusive VirtueChapter 1. The Ethos of ModerationChapter 2. The Lucidity of Moderation: Raymond Aron as a "Committed Observer"Chapter 3. Moderation as an Antidote to Monism: Isaiah Berlin's Cold War LiberalismChapter 4. Meekness as a Face of Moderation: Norberto Bobbio's Politics of DialogueChapter 5. Moderation and Trimming: Michael Oakeshott's Politics of SkepticismChapter 6. Radical Moderation and the Search for Moral Clarity: Adam Michnik's LessonEpilogue. Beyond the Golden MeanNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments