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Jürgen Habermas Changes Course, Declines the Sheikh Zayed Award

Jürgen Habermas Changes Course, Declines the Sheikh Zayed Award
May 3, 2021
In a reversal, the German sociologist informs the Abu Dhabi-based prize program that he will not accept its career-achievement award.
Jürgen Habermas, in a photo from June 2011 at a lecture engagement in the Audimax of the Humboldt University in Berlin. Image: Nikolas Becker, CC BY SA 3.0
Zayed Award: ‘Regret’ and ‘Respect’
In a surprise reversal, the prominent German sociologist Jürgen Habermas has declined to accept the United Arab Emirates’ Sheikh Zayed Book Award‘s leading honor, its career-achievement Cultural Personality of the Year.
Organizers of the Zayed Prize in Abu Dhabi have issued a short statement today (May 3), expressing “regret for Mr Jürgen Habermas’ decision to retract his acceptance of the award but respects it. ....

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Sheikh Zayed Book Award Board regrets move by German philosopher Jurgen Habermas to decline honour

Sheikh Zayed Book Award Board regrets move by German philosopher Jurgen Habermas to decline honour
03 May 2021
Gulf Today,
Staff Reporter
The Board of Trustees of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award has expressed its regret at German philosopher Jurgen Habermas’ decision to retract his acceptance of the award but respects it.
The award embodies the values of tolerance, knowledge and creativity while building bridges between cultures, and will continue to fulfil this mission.
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Habermas said on Sunday he would not accept a high-priced literary award from the United Arab Emirates, reversing an earlier decision.
The 91-year-old told the German news site Spiegel Online that I declared my willingness to accept this year s Sheikh Zayed Book Award. That was a wrong decision, which I correct hereby.” ....

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Jürgen Habermas: Who is the philosopher who rejected a prize from the UAE? | Culture| Arts, music and lifestyle reporting from Germany | DW

Jürgen Habermas: Who is the philosopher who rejected a prize from the UAE?
At nearly 92, Jürgen Habermas is still advocating for a robust and transparent civil society. Now Germany s greatest living intellectual has rejected an award from the United Arab Emirates.
Having lived through the Nazi regime, Habermas was inspired to embolden democracy in Europe and the world
The celebrated German philosopher Jürgen Habermas will turn 92 next month, yet he remains firmly in the public eye after accepting, then rejecting, a controversial award from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this past week.
Having decided to accept the Sheikh Zayed Book Award which would have made him Cultural Personality of the Year 2021 and €225,000 ($271,000) richer Habermas turned it down on Sunday over concerns about human rights in the Gulf nation. ....

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German philosopher rejects UAE award

German philosopher rejects UAE award
Professor Jurgen Habermas in Berlin, 13 November 2010. [ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images]
May 3, 2021 at 4:00 pm
German philosopher Jurgen Habermas rejected a literary award by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sunday over human rights concerns in the Gulf country,
Anadolu reports.
Earlier, Habermas accepted the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, one of the Arab World s most prestigious and well-funded prizes, but then reversed the decision after reactions from the German media.
I announced that I would accept this year s Sheikh Zayed Book Award. It was a wrong decision, which I correct hereby, he said in a statement shared with the Spiegel Online news website. ....

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German philosopher refuses UAE prize

German philosopher refuses UAE prize
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German philosopher Juergen Habermas.
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The board of trustees of a high-priced literary award from the United Arab Emirates expressed regret on Monday that prominent German philosopher Juergen Habermas had turned down the prize, reversing his earlier decision.
The 91-year-old German, considered his country’s most eminent contemporary philosopher, announced earlier this week that he would not accept the Sheikh Zayed Book Award over its ties “with the existing political system” in the UAE, a hereditarily ruled country long criticised for its suppression of dissent. While describing itself as an “independent” initiative, the prize is administered by Abu Dhabi culture and tourism authorities. ....

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