Considered one of the singular voices in contemporary Catalan thought, Joan-Carles Mèlich delves into autobiography in this book as a way to contextualize his intellectual contributions in areas such as finitude, the distinction between morals and ethics, and the guilty conscience.
Author Biography
Joan-Carles Mèlich is a Catalan philosopher and a professor of educational philosophy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His work centers on the anthropological philosophy finitude and its various expressions. His books include Filosofía de la finitud, La lección de Auschwitz, and Ética de la compasión. Ignasi Moreta is a Catalan professor of literature at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona who specializes in religion and Catalonian philology. He is also a co-founder and director of Fragmenta Editorial and received the Ferran Lara Memorial Prize from the Cámara del Libro de Cataluña for his editorial work.