{"product_id":"faces-of-moderation-9780812248760","title":"Faces of Moderation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamining the writings of twentieth-century thinkers such as Raymond Aron, Isaiah Berlin, Norberto Bobbio, Michael Oakeshott, and Adam Michnik, Faces of Moderation argues that moderation remains crucial for today's encounters with new forms of extremism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Superb and timely.\" * Peter Wehner, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"I've been inspired by Aurelian Craiutu's great book \u003ci\u003eFaces of Moderation\u003c\/i\u003e.\" * David Brooks, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"[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.\" * \u003ci\u003eSociety\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Stimulating and learned, \u003ci\u003eFaces of Moderation\u003c\/i\u003e 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue. In Search of an Elusive Virtue\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Ethos of Moderation\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Lucidity of Moderation: Raymond Aron as a \"Committed Observer\"\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Moderation as an Antidote to Monism: Isaiah Berlin's Cold War Liberalism\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Meekness as a Face of Moderation: Norberto Bobbio's Politics of Dialogue\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Moderation and Trimming: Michael Oakeshott's Politics of Skepticism\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Radical Moderation and the Search for Moral Clarity: Adam Michnik's Lesson\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. Beyond the Golden Mean\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405729177943,"sku":"9780812248760","price":73.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812248760.jpg?v=1730493421","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/faces-of-moderation-9780812248760","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}