Aurelian Craiutu is Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. His publications include Liberalism under Siege (2003), A Virtue for Courageous Minds (2012), and Faces of Moderation (2017). Professor Craiutu has also written book reviews and essays for non-academic publications such as Los Angeles Review of Books, Aeon, and the Daily Beast.

• 1. Why radical moderation?; Part I. The World We Live In: 2. Can liberal democracy be saved? Part II. What Kind of Virtue is Moderation?: 3. Rediscovering moderation in our immoderate age; 4. The skepticism toward moderation and what its critics miss about it; 5. The archipelago of moderation (I): the old world; 6. The archipelago of moderation (II): the new world; 7. An alternative to ideology; 8. An antidote to fanaticism; Part III. Do Moderates Have a Political Vision?: 9. The limits of moral clarity; 10. Against the politics of warfare; 11. No manichaeism and litmus tests; 12. Compromise; 13. Trimming and balance; 14. Centrism; 15. Eclecticism and pluralism; 16. Dialogue; Part IV. The Ethos of Moderation: 17. The spirit of moderation; 18. Modesty and humility; 19. Civility; 20. Prudence; 21. Realism and pragmatic partisanship; Part V. Who Needs Moderation Today?: 22. The last beacon of hope?.

'Why Not Moderation? provides a sturdy vindication of the concept as a muscular virtue. It also serves as an instructive and timely stimulus for understanding the importance of humility, prudence, and complexity in building up and conserving the delicate achievements of Western civilization from which radicals and moderates of all stripes benefit. That message alone should warrant applause, especially in an age when there remains a zealous yearning to burn shrubs to the ground rather than trim their imperfections.' National Review