Resumo

PALACIOS MORALES, Aïda. Resistance and Protection. Vulnerability in Josep Maria Esquirol’s Philosophy of Proximity. En-clav. pen [online]. 2022, vol.16, n.31, e472.  Epub 21-Mar-2022. ISSN 2594-1100.  https://doi.org/10.46530/ecdp.v0i31.472.

The article approaches vulnerability in Josep Maria Esquirol’s philosophy of proximity to show that, as well as constitutive of the most human of the human, it is action and thought’s orientation and life’s deepest meaning. The first part attends passion and affection as previous and fundamental experiences, which crystallize in what he denominates feel’s withdrawal and infinite wound. The second explores responsibility, which inevitably arises from vulnerability and concretizes in poietic curvature, those actions and thoughts that accompany and do good. The third examines how this specifically human vulnerability is joint among body and soul. The fourth and last part observes the proximity between medical and philosophical gazes as self-care and attention to vulnerability.

Palavras-chave : alterity; human condition; self-care; philosophical gaze; medical gaze.