La resistencia íntima
by Josep Maria Esquirol
Description
La resistencia íntima is a percipient, profound essay on the human condition. Esquirol reveals how proper care of oneself gives light and warmth to those around us, protecting them and showing the way ahead. «We recognise that intimate resistance is what we call an experience belonging to the region of proximity; a region that is not visited in a day, but where one tends to stay. Yet today it is hard to remain there. Proximity is not measured in metres or centimetres. Its opposite is not distance but, rather, the ubiquitous monochrome of a world in thrall to technology. We have seen how everyday matters, and what is communicated by a home are extremely important modes of the experience of proximity».
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National Essay Award
Ciutat de Barcelona Award
Reviews
«A work that is read with real enjoyment. A splendid book!». La Vanguardia
«Thoughts are expressed in accessible words with this unusual and profound proximity to things which an autonomous human being can attain». El Mundo
Author Biography
Josep Maria Esquirol (Alt Penedès, 1963) is a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Barcelona, where he heads the research group Aporia. He has written numerous studies and gives seminars on contemporary philosophy at universities in several countries. In 2015, he published Intimate Resistance, for which he received the Ciutat de Barcelona Prize and the National Award of Essay.
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher Acantilado
- Publication Date 2015
- ISBN/Identifier 9788416011445
- Publication Country or regionSpain
- Pages192
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
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