Aurelian Crăiuțu

Aurelian Crăiuțu is a Romanian-American political scientist and professor. He is the Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science at Indiana University Bloomington, where he also teaches in the Lilly Family School of Philanthropic Studies at IU Indianapolis. He is affiliated with the Russian and East European Institute, the Institute for West European Studies, and the Ostrom Workshop.

Before joining Indiana University, Craiutu taught at Duke University and the University of Northern Iowa. He has also been a visiting professor in France, Spain, Hungary, and Romania.

 Books 
Craiutu’s research focuses on French political thought, liberalism, conservatism, and comparative political theory, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. He has written or edited more than a dozen books. His major works include:

 Liberalism under Siege (2003)
 A Virtue for Courageous Minds (2012)
 Faces of Moderation (2017)
 Why Not Moderation? Letters to Young Radicals (2024)

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