Xavier Antich i Valero (

La Seu d'Urgell La Seu d'Urgell (; , formerly ''Urgell'') is a town located in Alt Urgell county in Alt Pirineu, Catalonia, Spain. The town is also the head of its judicial district and the seat of the Bishop of Urgell, one of the co-princes of Andorra. It is ...

, 1962) is a Catalan philosopher, writer, and university professor in

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

. He is a professor of aesthetics at the

University of Girona The University of Girona ( (); ;) is located in the city of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Its real origin dates back to its creation in 1446, but it was reestablished as a new university in 1991. As of 2021, it consists of several campus and buildings ...

. He chaired the board of the Tàpies Foundation between 2011 and 2022. Since February 2022, he has been the President of Catalan Civil Association

Òmnium Cultural Òmnium Cultural () is a Spanish association based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It was originally created in the 1960s to promote the Catalan language and spread Catalan culture. Over the years it has increased its involvement in broader political i ...

Biography

Born in La Seu d’Urgell, son of a bookseller and a teacher. He received the Extraordinary Degree Award in (1985) and earned a PhD in philosophy from the

University of Barcelona The University of Barcelona (official name in ; UB), formerly also known as Central University of Barcelona (), is a public research university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was established in 1450. With 76,000 students, ...

, with a doctoral thesis on the Metaphysics of Aristotle in (1997). He works as Professor of History of Aesthetic Ideas and Art Theory at the

. He has been a visiting chair at

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

and a visiting professor at The

Universidade Católica Portuguesa The Catholic University of Portugal ( Portuguese: ''Universidade Católica Portuguesa'', pronounced nivɨɾsiˈðad(ɨ) kɐˈtɔlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ, also referred to as Católica or UCP for short, is a concordat university (non-state-run unive ...

. From 2011 to 2022, he chaired the board of the Tàpies Foundation. On February 26, 2022, he was appointed President of Òmnium Cultural, a non-profit cultural organisation founded in 1961 with more than 190,000 members and 52 local branches in

Works

* ''Introducción a la metafísica de Aristóteles. El problema del objeto en la filosofía primera''. Barcelona: PPU (1990). * ''El rostre de l'altre. Passeig filosòfic per l'obra d'Emmanuel Lévinas''. València: Eliseu Climent Editor (Premi Joan Fuster d'assaig) (1993). . * ''L'umanesimo di Lévinas e l'incontro a Davos'', ''Idee'' (1994) pp. 91–96 * ''Antoni Tàpies. Certeses sentides''. Cracòvia: Kraków National Museum,

Instituto Cervantes Instituto Cervantes (, the Cervantes Institute) is a worldwide nonprofit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991. It is named after Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), the author of ''Don Quixote'' and perhaps the most important fi ...

* ''Barcelona, 1917-1928. Del 391 al Manifest Groc'', dins: AAVV, ''Capitales del arte moderno''. Madrid: Instituto de Cultura, Fundación Mapfre (2007). * ''Ver para mirar. De la imagen-control a la imagen-deseo'', dins: AAVV, Cuerpo y mirada. Huellas del siglo XX. Madrid:

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía The ''Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía'' ("Queen Sofía National Museum Art Centre"; MNCARS) is Spain's national museum of 20th-century art. The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992, and is named for Queen Sofía. I ...

(2007). * ''Per què necessitem les humanitats? Conviure amb els clàssics per viure el present''. Barcelona: ESADE / CEJP (2013). * ''La ciutat del dissens. Espai comú i pluralitat''. Barcelona: CCCB (2013). * ''La voluntat de comprendre''. Barcelona: Arcàdia (2016) * ''Dos assaigs sobre fotografia'' (Arcàdia i Gg, 2019)

References

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