Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture
The Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture is a $1 million award given annually to honor a thinker whose body of work has led us to find wisdom, direction, and improved self-understanding in a world being rapidly transformed by profound social, technological, political, cultural, and economic change.
The Prize seeks to place philosophical thought of the highest caliber on center stage of the public discourse and to amplify its significance to society. It is in learning from the ideas and values of various cultures that we can most meaningfully expand our worldview and inform the advancement of humanity. Inspired by this guiding ethos, the Prize aspires to celebrate individuals and achievements that cross disciplines, ideologies, and geographies.
The Berggruen Prize Laureate is chosen from a list of nominees spanning diverse fields of research and practice, including internationally recognized philosophers, economists, authors, and Nobel Prize laureates. The Prize has been proudly awarded to an eclectic group of world-class scholars, thinkers, and practitioners for their remarkable lifetime achievements.
The Berggruen Prize Essay Competition serves as a complementary endeavor to the Berggruen Prize. While the Berggruen Prize honors individuals whose ideas have translated to widespread and significant impact, the Essay Competition aims to provoke and recognize new, original thinking.
Latest Prize News
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Dr. Patricia Hill Collins Awarded Berggruen Prize at Ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Financial Times: Nicolas Berggruen, the Modern day Medici
Kwame Anthony Appiah Delivers Berggruen Prize Lecture at the APA’s 97th Pacific Division Meeting
El País: Patricia Hill Collins, sociologist: ‘Intellectuals have done a good job of saying the world is awful, and young people are dispirited’
BBC Thinking Allowed: Patricia Hill Collins
TIME: The Winner of a $1 Million Philosophy Prize Sees a Silver Lining to Ideas Getting Attacked
$1 Million Berggruen Philosophy Prize Awarded to Patricia Hill Collins
Annual Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture Awarded to Japanese Philosopher Kojin Karatani
Berggruen Prize Announces Antonio Damasio as Chair of Jury
Inaugurating Our First European Center of Activity
Annual Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture Awarded to Dr. Paul Farmer for Advancements in Global Public Health Equity
Annual Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture Awarded to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for Her Work in Pioneering Gender Equality and Strengthening the Rule of Law
$1 Million Annual Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture Awarded to Public Philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum
Elif Shafak and David Chalmers to Join Berggruen Prize Jury
$1 Million Annual Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture Awarded to Citizen Philosopher Onora O’Neill
Charles Taylor Awarded Inaugural Berggruen Prize in New York City
