Foundation for Western Ethics and Culture
The Foundation for Occidental Ethics and Culture (STAB) is a Swiss foundation and is dedicated to the realization and further development of the values that the founders describe as occidental . It was founded in 1968 by Hans Robert Jenny and his wife Trudy as a foundation for occidental reflection . In 2005 the name was changed.
Since 1977, the foundation has awarded an annual recognition prize of 50,000 Swiss francs to personalities and institutions who have made a contribution to promoting Western ethics and culture. This prize is one of the best endowed culture prizes awarded in Switzerland. The foundation also supports, on a smaller scale, projects and campaigns which it regards as a contribution to Western ethics and culture and which are not supported by public funds. It finances its activities primarily from the proceeds of the funds made available to it by the founders and donors.
reception
The Swiss press reports on the award ceremony.
In 2011, the historian Adrian Zimmermann criticized the WoZ for the fact that the foundation had "repeatedly" honored personalities from the far right of the political spectrum in addition to less controversial cultural workers. Zimmermann names in particular the behavioral researcher Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt , who biologically justifies xenophobia, the psychologist Christa Meves , who is close to the Association for the Promotion of Psychological Knowledge of Human Beings , and the publicist Pirmin Meier .
Award winners
- 1977: Walter Heitler , physicist
- 1978: Emil Egli , geographer
- 1979: Walter Berger
- 1980: Heinz-Dietrich Ortlieb , economist
- 1981: Hans Weiss and the Swiss Foundation for Landscape Protection and Maintenance
- 1982: Werner Kägi , lawyer
- 1983: Marie Meierhofer , pediatrician, and Marie Meierhofer Institute for the Child
- 1984: Armin Baumgartner
- 1985: Ernst Krebs
- 1986: Eberhard Lindner
- 1987: Edmond de Stoutz , conductor
- 1988: Erwin Jaeckle , writer, journalist and politician
- 1989: Fredy Kunz , Monika Wild and guest theater Zurich
- 1990: Walter Schiesser , Zurich
- 1991: Raffaello Ceschi , Bellinzona; Jacques Guidon , painter and writer
- 1992: Eugen Voss , pastor, founder of the G2W institute , Küsnacht
- 1993: Gertrud Höhler , literary scholar; Dalene Matthee , writer
- 1994: Hans Letsch , politician, scientist, entrepreneur
- 1995: Christa Meves , child and adolescent psychotherapist; Wolfgang Brezinka , educational scientist
- 1996: Swiss Ornithological Institute in Sempach
- 1997: Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt , behavioral scientist
- 1998: Peter Sager , former national councilor
- 1999: Maria Becker , actress
- 2000: Pirmin Meier , writer
- 2001: Nello Santi conductor
- 2002: Stephan P. Halbrook , legal scholar; Angelo M. Codevilla , political scientist
- 2003: Bassam Tibi , political scientist; Michael Wolffsohn , historian
- 2004: Reiner Kunze , author, Obernzell-Erlau; Klaus Bartels , philologist
- 2005: Fredi M. Murer , filmmaker
- 2006: Alex Rübel , Director Zoo Zurich
- 2007: Sandra Kalniete , Latvian author and politician; Latvian Occupation Museum in Riga, Latvia
- 2008: Liliane Juchli
- 2009: Gerhard Schwarz , journalist; Sponsorship award: René Scheu
- 2010: Swiss mountain aid
- 2011: Peter von Matt , Germanist
- 2012: Giovanni Netzer , theologian, art historian and theater scholar
- 2013: Institute and Gymnasium Unterstrass
- 2014: Pro Specie Rara
- 2015: Rudolf Lutz
- 2016: Reiner Eichenberger , economist
- 2017: Lino Guzzella , President of ETH Zurich
- 2018: Clemens Schiestl , pediatric surgeon
- 2019: Niklaus Peter, pastor
- 2020: Helen Keller , lawyer
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Prize for NZZ journalist Gerhard Schwarz. In: nzz.ch. October 26, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.kleinreport.ch/news/die-schweizer-berghilfe-erhaelt-den-stab-jahrespreis-2010-583.html
- ↑ http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/diverses/Stiftung-fuer-Abendlaendische-Ethik-ehrt-Peter-von-Matt/story/24392863
- ^ Adrian Zimmermann: Dr. Jenny's mission is not over yet. In: The weekly newspaper . April 14, 2011.