
Per què filosofía?
Edicions 62, 1983
Translations
(Hungary: Typotex)
Synopsis
(Why Philosophy?) The world –we are told– evolves at a dizzying speed that prevents us from reflecting. This idea, although rarely admitted, has become so deeply entrenched in nowadays world that thought itself is suspect. As if thinking were a luxury instead of a necessity, philosophy seems to have no precise function. Por qué filosofía is a reaction to this situation. With its pleasant, pedantry-free style, it reminds us of truths which are fundamental and, nonetheless, forgotten: that thinking for one’s self and at one’s own risk is a liberating exercise, that –just as thought without life has no value – life without thought is nothing, and that calling les idéss reçues into question is a way to better assimilate them.
(Spain: Edicions 62 – Catalan / Spanish, Península; Latin America, Sexto Piso)
MB Authors Non-fiction
- Juan Luis ARSUAGA
- Manuel ASTUR
- Joan BARRIL
- María BASTARÓS
- Joan-Daniel BEZSONOFF
- BLACKIE BOOKS
- Joana BONET
- Juan BONILLA
- Martín CASARIEGO
- Nicolás CASARIEGO
- Paula CIFUENTES
- Elizabeth DUVAL
- Cristina FALLARÁS
- Ignacio GARCÍA-VALIÑO
- Enric GONZÁLEZ
- Ismael GRASA
- Najat El HACHMI
- Lucía LIJTMAER
- Ignacio MARTÍNEZ DE PISóN
- Luna MIGUEL
- Bruno ORO
- Vicenç PAGÈS JORDÀ
- Jordi PUNTÍ
- Llucia RAMIS
- Xavier RUBERT DE VENTÓS
- Màrius SERRA
- Rubén SERRANO
- Ramon SOLSONA
- David TRUEBA
- Enrique VILA-MATAS