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Aurelian Craiutu - Faces of Moderation: The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes (Haney Foundation Series) - 9780812248760 - V9780812248760
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Faces of Moderation: The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes (Haney Foundation Series)

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Description for Faces of Moderation: The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes (Haney Foundation Series) Hardcover. Examining 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. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 239 x 30. Weight in Grams: 620.

Aristotle listed moderation as one of the moral virtues. He also defined virtue as the mean between extremes, implying that moderation plays a vital role in all forms of moral excellence. But moderation's protean character—its vague and ill-defined omnipresence in judgment and action—makes it exceedingly difficult to grasp theoretically. At the same time, moderation seems to be the foundation of many contemporary democratic political regimes, because the competition between parties cannot properly function without compromise and bargaining. The success of representative government and its institutions depends to a great extent on the virtue of moderation, yet the latter persists in ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
Series
Haney Foundation Series
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812248760
SKU
V9780812248760
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About Aurelian Craiutu
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.

Reviews for Faces of Moderation: The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes (Haney Foundation Series)
"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 ... Read more

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