Aurelian Craiutu

Aurelian Craiutu is Arthur F. Bentley Professor and the chair of the Department of Political Science at Indiana University Bloomington. His most recent book is Why Not Moderation? Letters to Young Radicals (Cambridge University Press, 2023).

Articles

In the Shadow of Yesterday
Aurelian Craiutu thinks about Balázs Trencsényi’s “Intellectuals and the Crisis of Politics in the Interwar Period and Beyond: A Transnational History.”
Aurelian CraiutuNov 17
- Philosophy & Religion
- History
“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

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