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Why not moderation? : letters to young radicals /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crăiuțu, Aurelian (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Subjects:
Political culture > United States.
Moderation > Political aspects > United States.
Radicalism > United States.
Polarization (Social sciences) > United States.
United States > Politics and government.
Modération > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Radicalisme > États-Unis.
Polarisation collective > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
Moderation > Political aspects
Polarization (Social sciences)
Political culture
Politics and government
Radicalism
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : why radical moderation?
  • Interlude : the interlocutors
  • Can liberal democracy be saved?
  • Rediscovering moderation in our immoderate age
  • The skepticism toward moderation and what its critics miss about it
  • The archipelago of moderation (I) : the old world
  • The archipelago of moderation (II) : the new world
  • An alternative to ideology
  • An antidote to fanaticism
  • The limits of moral clarity
  • Against the politics of warfare
  • No Manichaeism and no litmus tests
  • Compromise
  • Trimming and balance
  • Centrism
  • Eclecticism and pluralism
  • Dialogue
  • Intermezzo : the lure of radicalism
  • The spirit of moderation
  • Modesty and humility
  • Civility
  • Prudence
  • Realism and pragmatic partisanship
  • the last beacon of hope?
  • Epilogue : rules for "radical moderates".