Aurelian Craiutu

Aurelian Craiutu is professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is the author, most recently, of A Virtue for Courageous Minds: Moderation in French Political Thought, 1748–1830 (Princeton University Press, 2012) and Faces of Moderation: The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017).

Articles

“An Idea in Our Minds”: What It Means to Be an American When You Weren’t Born One
Andrei Codrescu, Aurelian Craiutu, and Costica Bradatan discuss what it means to be an American when you were not born one.
Andrei Codrescu, Aurelian Craiutu, Costica BradatanSep 3, 2021
- Politics
Searching for America’s Elusive Soul
Aurelian Craiutu takes a trip down "The National Road," the recently published book by Tom Zoellner.
Aurelian CraiutuJun 16, 2021
- Politics
God’s Little Rival: On Rémi Brague’s “The Kingdom of Man”
Aurelian Craiutu visits “The Kingdom of Man,” the recently published book by Rémi Brague and translated by Paul Seaton.
Aurelian CraiutuSep 4, 2020
A Genius for Being Human
Aurelian Craiutu reviews Henry Hardy's "In Search of Isaiah Berlin: A Literary Adventure."
Aurelian CraiutuFeb 19, 2019
Above the Fray
Aurelian Craiutu reviews John Avlon's "Washington’s Farewell: The Founding Father’s Warning to Future Generations."
Aurelian CraiutuOct 28, 2017
- History
- Politics
The Salt of the Earth
Aurelian Craiutu on Steven B. Smith's "Modernity and Its Discontents."
Aurelian CraiutuMay 14, 2017
- History
- Philosophy & Religion
Of Love and Politics
Michael Oakeshott's notebooks are a revelation.
Aurelian CraiutuFeb 4, 2016
- Nonfiction
- Politics
The Center and the Margins: Isaiah Berlin’s Political Thought
Isaiah Berlin, the world's historian of ideas
Aurelian CraiutuMar 26, 2014