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to "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." The Berggruen Prize was first awarded in 2016 with the overt purpose of becoming a "

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for philosophy". 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." The prize is awarded annually in December, with a ceremony at the New York Public Library. In 2016, ceremony speakers included

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president

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and journalist

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, December 2, 2016.

Winners

Prize jury

Current Prize Jury Members

Emeriti Prize Jury Members

References

External links

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Berggruen Prize Winner Charles Taylor on the Big Questions
series of videos produced by the

on occasion of Charles Taylor winning the inaugural prize.
The Berggruen Prize
commentary of Berggruen Prize jurors such as

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