Karl Jaspers Prize
The Karl Jaspers Prize is usually awarded every three years by the City of Heidelberg , the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and the University of Heidelberg . It was donated in 1983 on the occasion of Karl Jaspers' 100th birthday and was endowed with prize money of 5000 euros. Initially awarded by the city and university alone, the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences was added in 2013 as the third donor and the prize money was increased to 25,000 euros.
The selection committee consists of the rector of the university, two personalities elected by the city council, one member each from the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and the Heidelberg-based Max Planck Institute, the rector of the University of Jewish Studies and the chairman of Karl Jaspers Foundation in Basel. Interdisciplinary achievements in the fields of philosophy and psychiatry are to be honored.
Award winners
- 1983 Emmanuel Levinas
- 1986 Hans-Georg Gadamer
- 1989 Paul Ricœur
- 1992 Jeanne Hersch
- 1995 Jürgen Habermas
- 1998 Jean Starobinski
- 2001 Robert Spaemann
- 2004 Michael Theunissen
- 2008 Jean-Luc Marion
- 2014 Hans Maier
- 2017 Jan Assmann and Aleida Assmann
- 2019 Rudolf G. Wagner (posthumous)
Web links
- Karl Jaspers Prize on the homepage of the city of Heidelberg
Individual evidence
- ^ City of Heidelberg. Printed matter: 0338/2013 / BV. Date: September 5, 2013. Lead: Department III, Cultural Office. Subject: Karl Jaspers Prize here: New agreement to award the Karl Jaspers Prize
- ^ Marietta Fuhrmann-Koch: The Heidelberg sinologist Rudolf G. Wagner receives the Karl Jaspers Prize posthumously. Heidelberg University, press release from November 6, 2019 from the Science Information Service (idw-online.de), accessed on November 6, 2019.