Theodor W. Adorno Prize

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Presentation of the Theodor W. Adorno Prize 2018 to Margarethe von Trotta

The Theodor W. Adorno Prize of the City of Frankfurt am Main has been awarded since 1977 in recognition of outstanding achievements in the fields of philosophy , music , theater and film .

The price

The prize is awarded in memory of Theodor W. Adorno , who taught at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt for twenty years until his death in 1969 . The award ceremony takes place every three years (except in 2003, when the award - on the occasion of Adorno's centenary - was awarded after two years) on the birthday of the philosopher and art critic, on September 11th, in St. Paul's Church. The award serves to recognize and promote cultural presence.

The Theodor-W.-Adorno Prize consists of an artistically designed certificate and 50,000 euros in prize money. It can be split up. A board of trustees appointed by the City of Frankfurt am Main decides on the award . There is no separate website for the price, some information is published via frankfurt.de .

The Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees of the Theodor W. Adorno Prize consists of permanent members who are not publicly named and members who are added for the respective award ceremony according to selection criteria that are not specified. Only the chairman of the board of trustees, the head of the cultural department, Professor Felix Semmelroth , is named in a press release on the award to Judith Butler in 2012.

In addition to the unclear permanent members, the following members of the Board of Trustees were named in the context of the 2012 award ceremony:

In the context of the award ceremony in 2012, the following people were named in various media who are also officially named in 2015. In addition to Felix Semmelroth, permanent members of the Board of Trustees could include:

In addition to the permanent members, the 2015 Board of Trustees consisted of:

Award winners

criticism

The 2012 award ceremony for Judith Butler met with broad media and social criticism due to Butler's comments on the Islamist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah and their support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign . There was an online petition against the award ceremony, as well as events and protests during the award ceremony.

literature

  • Jacques Derrida: Fichus. Frankfurt speech . Translated from the French by Stefan Lorenzer. With a replica by Irving Wohlfarth. Passagen-Verlag, Vienna 2003.

Web links

Commons : Theodor W. Adorno Prize  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Theodor W. Adorno Prize
  2. ^ Judith Butler receives the 2012 Theodor W. Adorno Prize
  3. ↑ Micha Brumlik : The philosopher in the fountain , Taz , June 4, 2012
  4. ↑ Thomas von der Osten-Sacken: Micha Brumlik and the Adorno Prize Winner ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Jungle World , June 4, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jungle-world.com
  5. ^ Adorno Prize for Judith Butler Israeli Oranges by Sonja Vogel, TAZ, September 4, 2012
  6. ↑ https://www.change.org/p/die-adorno-preisverleihung-stoppen-noch-ist-es-nicht-zu-spaet
  7. ↑ Protest against Adorno Prize for Judith Butler Action alliance demonstrates in front of Paulskirche Barbara Goldberg, Jüdische Allgemeine , September 12, 2012
  8. ↑ Pros and Cons of the Adorno Prize Is Judith Butler worthy of an award? On Tuesday evening Judith Butler was awarded the Adorno Prize. That was controversial - six opinions on the philosopher's value for money. TAZ, September 12, 2012