Jul 13 2024
In this episode, Richard Whatmore speaks with Aurelian Craiutu about his
new book Why Not Moderation? Letters to Young Radicals (CUP, 2023).
The book challenges the conventional image of moderation as a “simple
virtue for lukewarm and indecisive minds, searching for a fuzzy center
between the extremes.” Instead, he shows moderation to be a complex virtue
with a rich tradition and unexplored radical aspects. With its epistolary
form, the book presents an imaginary dialogue between two young radicals
and a passionate moderate, thereby outlining the distinctive political
vision undergirding moderation in modern America.
new book Why Not Moderation? Letters to Young Radicals (CUP, 2023).
The book challenges the conventional image of moderation as a “simple
virtue for lukewarm and indecisive minds, searching for a fuzzy center
between the extremes.” Instead, he shows moderation to be a complex virtue
with a rich tradition and unexplored radical aspects. With its epistolary
form, the book presents an imaginary dialogue between two young radicals
and a passionate moderate, thereby outlining the distinctive political
vision undergirding moderation in modern America.