2022
Norbert Bilbeny (Barcelona, 1953) is a full professor (catedrático) of Ethics at the University of Barcelona and president of the Committee of Ethics of this university. He was the former Dean of the School of Philosophy and the former Director of the Department of Theoretical and Practical Philosophy at the university. Bilbeny was the co-founder and former president of the Committee of Research Integrity at the Public Health Institute of Barcelona (IMAS). He was also the founder and former director of the master’s degree in Immigration and Intercultural Education at the University of Barcelona, while he is currently the Director of the master’s in Citizenship and Human Rights. In addition to this, Bilbeny founded and was the Director of the Observatori d’Ètica Intercultural (Parc Científic de Barcelona). He is currently member of the Barcelona´s City Hall Committee of Ethics, member of the Spanish Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas, and member of the Academia program- ANECA of the Spanish Ministery of Universities. He ruled several competitive Spanish research projects and participated into another competitive official European (SIFORAGE).
Bilbeny’s Doctoral thesis (1982, cum laude) was on “Noucentisme” philosophy (a cultural and political movement in 20th century Catalonia). His main research areas include intercultural ethics, ethics and the professions, the ethical foundations of citizenship, as well as European and global citizenship. Full career as researcher officially stated by the Spanish Universities Ministery. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley, Harvard University, University of Toronto, Northwestern University and CNRS in Paris. Bilbeny was also Tinker Fellow and visiting professor at the University of Chicago and visiting professor at the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey and Loyola University in Chicago. He has lectured and taught at many universities abroad. In 1979 he was awarded the Joan Estelrich prize, the Josep Pla prize in 1984, and the Anagrama essay prize in 1987. Bilbeny has, on occasion, collaborated with several newspapers: Avui, Diari de Barcelona, and, as of 1985, he regularly contributes to La Vanguardia since 1985.
Norbert Bilbeny has published the following books:
*On Catalan and Spanish thought:
- Joan Crexells en la filosofia del Noucents (Dopesa, 1979)
- Entre Renaixença i Noucentisme. Estudis de Filosofia (La Magrana, 1984)
- Filosofia Contemporània a Catalunya (Edhasa, 1985)
- La ideología nacionalista a Catalunya (Laia, 1988)
- Eugeni d´Ors i la ideología del Noucentisme (La Magrana, 1988)
- Puntes al coixí. Converses amb pensadors catalans (Destino, 1989)
- Política noucentista. De Maragall a D´Ors (Afers, 1999)
*Non-academic works:
- Filosofia i destrucció (Edicions 62, 1981)
- Fraîcheur. Màximes &Apòlegs (Edhasa, 1984)
- Papers contra la cinta magnètica. Un dietari (Destino, 1985)
- El somni américa. Un dietari a Berkeley (Proa, 2001)
- Tallaferro&Tocafusta. O la dificultat de perdonar (Lleonard Muntaner, 2011)
- La vida avanza en espiral. Conversaciones sobre ética con mi nieto (Ariel, 2016)
- Tocar el món. Introducció informal a la pintura (Lapislátzuli, 2017)
*On Moral and Political Philosophy:
- El laberint de la llibertat (Edicions 62, 1990)
- El discurso de la Ética (PPU, 1990)
- Humana dignidad (Tecnos, 1990)
- L´ombra de Maquiavel. Ètica i política (Llibres de l´Índex, 1991)
- Ètica i justicia (Barcanova, 1991)
- Aproximación a la Ética (Ariel, 1992)
- El idiota moral. La banalidad del mal en el siglo XX (Anagrama, 1993)
- Kant y el tribunal de la conciencia (Gedisa, 1994)
- Europa después de Sarajevo. Claves éticas y políticas de la ciudadanía europea (Destino, 1996)
- La revolución en la ética. Hábitos y creencias en la sociedad digital (Anagrama, 1997)
- Política sin Estado. Introducción a la Filosofía Política (Ariel, 1998)
- Sócrates. El saber como ética (Península, 1998)
- Democracia para la diversidad (Ariel, 1999)
- El protocolo socrático del liberalismo político (Tecnos, 1999)
- Por una causa común. Etica para la diversidad (Gedisa, 2002)
- Ética para la vida. Razones y pasiones (Península, 2003)
- Ética Intercultural (Ariel, 2004)
- Carta a un estudiant d´humanitats (Ara Llibres, 2005)
- La identidad cosmopolita. Los límites del patriotismo en la era global (Kairós, 2007)
- Filosofía política (Editorial UOC, 2008)
- Consultorio ético. 70 casos de conciencia en la sociedad del cambio (Niberta, 2008)
- El futuro empieza hoy. Manual de emancipación (Proteus, 2010)
- Què vol dir integració? Nouvinguts i establerts a les nacions europees (La Magrana, 2010)
- Ecoética. Ética del medio ambiente (Aresta, 2010)
- Emprender responsable (Lid, 2012), with Angel Pes
- Ética (Ariel, 2012)
- Etica del Periodismo (Universitat de Barcelona, 2012)
- Justicia compasiva. La justicia como cuidado de la existencia (Tecnos, 2015)
- Reglas para el diálogo en situaciones de conflicto (Catarata, 2016)
- Ara, la universitat (Icaria, 2016)
- ¿Un mundo mejor?Balance moral de la Guerra Fría hasta hoy (Icaria, 2017), with Eulàlia Solé
- Filosofia per sortir de casa (Columna, 2019)
- La enfermedad del olvido. El mal de Alzheimer y la persona (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2021)
- Moral barroca. Pasado y presente de una gran soledad (Anagrama, 2022)
He edited the following books:
- Grans fites de l´Ètica (Cruïlla, 2000)
- El nou catalanisme (Ariel, 2001), with Ángel Pes
- Per una Ètica Intercultural (Mediterrània, 2002)
- Bioética, sujeto y cultura (Horsori, 2011)
- Textos clave de la Ética (Tecnos, 2012)
- Humanidades e investigación científica (Universitat de Barcelona, 2015), with Joan Guàrdia
- Otros ojos para ver El Prado (Tecnos, 2017), with Javier Tejada
- Legitimidad y acción política (Universitat de Barcelona, 2018)
- La Segunda República española: textos fundamentales (Universitat de Barcelona, 2021)
- Ciudadanía bajo control. Perfiles politicos y culturales (Icaria, 2021), with I. Terradas
He also authored more than 70 book chapters and more than 40 academic articles
His work was also included in the John Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism (Baltimore: John Hopkins UP, 2005), Gran Enciclopedia Catalana, Diccionari de Literatura Catalana, and Hombres y Documentos de la Filosofía Española, vol. VIII-1 (Granada: Comares, 2017)
E-mail: bilbeny@ub.edu Web page: www.norbertbilbeny.com