Josep Maria Esquirol Calaf information

Josep Maria Esquirol
Born	1963 (age 60–61) Sant Joan de Mediona, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation(s)	Writer, Philosopher, University Professor, Essayist
Employer	University of Barcelona
Awards	Joan Maragall Prize (1993) Ciutat de Barcelona Prize (2016) Spanish National Essay Prize (2016)

Josep Maria Esquirol Calaf (born 1963, Mediona) is a Catalan philosopher, essayist and professor of philosophy at the University of Barcelona. He directs the Aporia Research Group, whose field of study is contemporary philosophy and, specifically, the relationship between philosophy and psychiatry.

He is also the author of several books recognized in this field, which shape his philosophical proposal; it is remarkable The intimate resistance (2015), which won the Ciutat de Barcelona Prize and also the National Essay Prize of the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. Others of his most notable books are La penúltima bondad: Ensayo sobre la vida humana (2018), Los filósofos contemporáneos y la técnica. De Ortega a Sloterdijk (2011), El respirar de los días (2010), El Respeto o la mirada atenta (2006)^[1] and Uno mismo y los otros. De las experiencias existenciales a la interculturalidad (2005).