Barcelona, Edhasa, 1985, 398 pp.
Contemporary philosophy in Catalonia

I) The ideological debate: From catholic apologetics to Christian spiritualism.- Jaume Balmes between old and new.- From positivism to philosophy of science.- Ramon Turró: a genetic theory of knowledge.- Social thought: federalism, anarchism, nationalism, socialism.- Manuel Sacristán: a philosophy of Marxism.- II) The academic thought: Philosophy in the university restoration- Ramon Martí d´Eixalà: analysis of consciousness.- Xavier Llorens i Barba: philosophy of common sense.- Manuel Milà i Fontanals in the beginning of aesthetics.- The Universitat Autònoma´s philosophers.- Joaquim Xirau: love and education.- Francesc Mirabent: a morality of beauty.- Josep Ferrater i Móra: a crossing of languages.- III) Cultural Modernity: From Renaixença to Noucentisme.- Eugeni d´Ors: the volume of thought.- Joan Crexells, a full 20 th. century philosophy.- Philosophical essay under dictatorship and the end of 20 th. century.- Eugenio Trías: being and passion.- Xavier Rubert de Ventós: distressed modernity.

Barcelona, La Magrana, 1988, 230 pp.
Eugeni d´Ors and the ideology of Catalan Noucentisme

I) A study of the Noucentisme aesthetics: Social aspects: “Art regenerador”.- Rejection of positivism: ”Albir”.- Post-pragmatism: “Joc”.- Objective idealism: “Limits”.- Rejection of social dialectics: “Tradició”. II) A study of the Noucentisme ethics: The personal ethical imperative: “Obra ben feta”.- The morality of personal perfection: “Reforma espiritual”.- The moral norm of intersubjectivity: “Civilitat”.- The collective ethical archetype: “Santa Continuïtat”. III) A study of the Noucentisme politics: A social class within other class: “Minoria”.- A new enlightened despotism: “Ciutat”.- The result of a non liberal nationalism: “Imperialisme”.- The fall of bourgeois intellectuals: “Authority”.
In its former presentation as doctoral thesis, this book won the 1982 Extraordinary Award of the School of Philosophy at the University of Barcelona. It also deserved the 1984 Joaquim Carreras i Artau Award of the Catalan Studies Institute.

Barcelona, Dopesa, 1979, 220 pp.
Joan Crexells as 20 th. century philosopher

Joan Crexells as catalan culture personage and philosopher.- Notions about contemporary catalan philosophy.- The philosophy of Joan Crexells: Science and philosophy.- Formal logic.- Epistemology.- Philosophy of history.- Balance and present importance of Crexells.- Attachments.
This book won the 1979 Joan Estelrich Prize of Catalan literature.

Barcelona, La Magrana, 1984, 135 pp.
Between Renaixença and Noucentisme. Studies on philosophy

The difficulty of making history of ideas.- A consideration about the Renaixença aesthetics.- Milà i Fontanals and aesthetics.- Valentí Almirall: philosophy of politics.- Germany and its influence on Noucentisme.- Nationalism and cosmopolitanism attached to philosophy of Noucentisme.- Five glosses by Eugeni d´Ors: a review.- The criticism of Crexells to modern absolutism.- Francesc Pujols and the illuminated science.- What does it mean “Catalan philosophy”?

Catarroja, Afers, 1999, 155 pp.
Politics of catalan Noucentisme

Catalan Modernisme: nationalism and cosmopolitanism.- Joan Maragall on plural society.- Nietzsche in Maragall thought.- The republican radicalism of Gabriel Alomar.- The ideology of catalan architectonic modernism.- From political culture to politics of culture.- Noucentisme and civility.- The “arbitrarisme” of Eugeni d´Ors.- The aristocratic mind of D´Ors.- D´Ors: willingness to endure.- Mediterranean as thought for action.- The pragmatic nationalism of president Prat de la Riba.

Barcelona, Laia, 1988, 235 pp.
The nationalist ideology in Catalonia

Balmes and traditionalist romanticism.- Republicans and pre-marxist socialists.- The bourgeois regionalism.- Pi i Margall and federalism.- Almirall and former political catalanism.- Cultural catalanism and expansive Latinism.- The First International in Catalonia.- Modernism: nationalism and cosmopolitanism.- Torras i Bages and the catalanist catholic church.- Consolidation of conservative nationalism.- The doctrinal nationalism of Prat de la Riba.- Joan Maragall and his civic ideas.- Alomar and the leftist catalanism.- Martí i Julià: nationalism and socialism.- Noucentisme as a myth of arrangement.- Bofill i Mates: nationalism as ethics.- Crexells and the intellectual catalanism.- Rovira i Virgili: the left face to nationalities.- Serra i Moret: social-democracy in the 1920 decade.- Anarchism and the libertarian union trade movement.- Andreu Nin and Marxism in the 1930 decade.- Carles Cardó and the starting Christian democracy.- Political theory and the national quest after 1939.

Barcelona, Destino, 1989, 225 pp.
Lacemaking. Conversations with Catalan thinkers

Rafael Argullol.- Margarita Boladeras.- Victòria Camps.- Antoni Domènech.- Josep Ferrater Móra.- Salvador Giner.- Joaquim Maristany.- Jesús Mosterín.- Salvador Pàniker.- Josep Ramoneda.- Josep-Maria Rovira Belloso.- Xavier Rubert de Ventós.- Josep-Maria Terricabras.- Eugenio Trías.- José-María Valverde.

Barcelona, Ariel, 2001, 184 pp.
The new catalanism

This is a collective book of which the editors are Norbert Bilbeny and Angel Pes. Bilbeny writes the chapter “Is a non nationalist catalanism possible?” Other authors in collaboration: Maria-Jesus Buxó, Miquel Caminal, Jordi Casassas, Antoni Castells, Salvador Giner, Àngel Pes, Ferran Requejo, Xavier Rubert de Ventós, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán.