LEADER 04535nam 2200577 450 001 9910468013503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8122-9351-7 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812293517 035 $a(CKB)4340000000018605 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4750948 035 $a(DE-B1597)480844 035 $a(OCoLC)970640914 035 $a(OCoLC)984688483 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812293517 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4750948 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11308243 035 $a(OCoLC)965778285 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000018605 100 $a20161216h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aFaces of moderation $ethe art of balance in an age of extremes /$fAurelian Craiutu 210 1$aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (232 pages) 311 $a0-8122-2409-4 311 $a0-8122-4876-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPrologue. In Search of an Elusive Virtue -- $tChapter 1. The Ethos of Moderation -- $tChapter 2. The Lucidity of Moderation: Raymond Aron as a "Committed Observer" -- $tChapter 3. Moderation as an Antidote to Monism: Isaiah Berlin's Cold War Liberalism -- $tChapter 4. Meekness as a Face of Moderation: Norberto Bobbio's Politics of Dialogue -- $tChapter 5. Moderation and Trimming: Michael Oakeshott's Politics of Skepticism -- $tChapter 6. Radical Moderation and the Search for Moral Clarity: Adam Michnik's Lesson -- $tEpilogue. Beyond the Golden Mean -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tAcknowledgments 330 $aAristotle 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 being absent from both the conceptual discourse of many political philosophers and the campaign speeches of politicians fearful of losing elections if they are perceived as moderates. Aurelian Craiutu aims to resolve this paradox. Examining the writings of prominent twentieth-century thinkers such as Raymond Aron, Isaiah Berlin, Norberto Bobbio, Michael Oakeshott, and Adam Michnik, he addresses the following questions: What does it mean to be a moderate voice in political and public life? What are the virtues and limits of moderation? Can moderation be the foundation for a successful platform or party? Though critics maintain that moderation is merely a matter of background and personal temperament, Craiutu finds several basic norms that have consistently appeared in different national and political contexts. The authors studied in this book defended pluralism, of ideas, interests, and social forces, and sought to achieve a sound balance between them through political trimming. They shared a preoccupation with political evil and human dignity, but refused to see the world in Manichaean terms that divide it neatly into the forces of light and those of darkness. Faces of Moderation argues that moderation remains crucial for today's encounters with new forms of extremism and fundamentalism across the world. 606 $aModeration$xPolitical aspects$xHistory$y20th century$vCase studies 606 $aPolitical culture$xHistory$y20th century$vCase studies 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy$xHistory$y20th century$vCase studies 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aModeration$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy$xHistory 676 $a973 700 $aCra?iut?u$b Aurelian$0520942 702 $aCraiutu$b Aurelian, $4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910468013503321 996 $aFaces of moderation$91472015 997 $aUNINA