Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court of the United States is the winner of the 2019 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture. Established by philanthropist Nicolas Berggruen, the $1 million award is given annually to thinkers whose ideas have profoundly shaped human self-understanding and advancement in a rapidly changing world.
Justice Ginsburg was selected from more than 500 nominees and a shortlist of five, which included some of the world’s most renowned thinkers from various fields including social science, global justice, animal rights, and bioethics. Since its inception in 2016, the Berggruen Prize has been awarded to four outstanding thinkers, three of them women.
The Berggruen Prize was presented to Associate Justice Ginsburg at a ceremony on December 16 at the New York Public Library.
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