The Berggruen Prize

The Berggruen Prize
Awarded for a thinker whose ideas are of broad significance for shaping human self-understanding and the advancement of humanity
Presented by Berggruen Institute
First awarded 2016
Winners Charles Taylor
Website berggruen.org

According to its website, the Berggruen Institute "offers the Berggruen Prize, a $1 million award that recognizes thinkers whose ideas have helped us find direction, wisdom, and improved self-understanding in a world being rapidly transformed by profound social, technological, political, cultural, and economic change."[1]

Overview

The first recipient of the Berggruen Prize was the Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor, whose work "urges us to see humans as constituted not only by their biology or their personal intentions, but also by their existence within language and webs of meaningful relationships."[2][3][4][5][6]

The Prize is awarded yearly in December, with a ceremony at the New York Public Library. In 2016, ceremony speakers included University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann and journalist Fareed Zakaria.[7]

Winners

Prize jury

  • Kwame Anthony Appiah – Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University
  • Leszek Borysiewicz – Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
  • Antonio Damasio – Director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California
  • Amy Gutmann – President of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Amartya Sen – Nobel Laureate, Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University
  • Alison Simmons – Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University
  • Michael Spence – Nobel Laureate, Professor of Economics & Business at New York University
  • Wang Hui – Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Tsinghua University
  • George Yeo – Former Foreign Minister of Singapore

References

  1. ↑ "The Berggruen Prize". The Berggruen Institute. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Think Tank Creates $1 Million Philosophy Prize Because 'Ideas Matter'". huffingtonpost.com. September 24, 2015. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  3. ↑ "Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: New Berggruen Institute for Philosophy and Culture, plus an annual $1 million prize". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  4. ↑ "Nicolas Berggruen's $1 Million Philosophy Prize - artnet News". Archived from the original on 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  5. ↑ Schuessler, Jennifer (October 4, 2016). "Canadian Philosopher Wins $1 Million Prize". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ Rothman, Joshua. "How to Restore Your Faith in Democracy", The New Yorker, November 11, 2016.
  7. ↑ Gordon, Amanda L. "Billionaire’s Supper Club Directs Philosopher’s Arrow at Trump", Bloomberg, December 2, 2016.
  8. ↑ Jennifer Schuessler (3 October 2017). "Onora O'Neill Wins $1 Million Berggruen Prize for Philosophy". The New York Times.
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