Journalist, philosopher and writer. He directs the humanities and economics magazine La Maleta de Portbou and the European School of Humanities. He is a regular contributor to El País, ARA and Cadena Ser. Author, among others, of Apologia del present. Assaigs de fin de segle (Edicions 62, 1989), Después de la pasión política (Taurus, 1999), Contra la indiferencia. Apology of the Enlightenment (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2010) and The Necessary Left (RBA Libros, 2012). He was director of the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) between 1989 and 2011, president of the Institut de la Recherche et de l'Innovation (IRI) in Paris (2009-2014), director of the Institute of Humanities (1986-1989), contributor to La Vanguardia (1980-1996) and professor of contemporary philosophy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1975-1990). He has received the City of Barcelona Award for International Projection (2012) and the National Culture Prize of the Generalitat de Catalunya (2013).
