Martha C. Nussbaum wins $1 million Berggruen Prize
The Berggruen Institute called her “one of the world’s leading public philosophers.”
Martha C. Nussbaum, a multidisciplinary scholar with wide public reach, received the 2018 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture, which carries a cash award of $1 million, on December 10.
The Berggruen Institute describes the award as recognizing “thinkers whose ideas have helped us find direction, wisdom, and improved self-understanding in a world being rapidly transformed by social, technological, political, cultural and economic change.”
The institute called Nussbaum “one of the world’s leading public philosophers,” highlighting her recent work contributing to the United Nations Human Development Index, expanding concern from increasing income to considering human capacities, life expectancy, and education.
