The Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize in 2021 goes to the philosopher Bernhard Waldenfels. The award committee paid tribute to his work, which explores the ways of, and conditions for, understanding what is foreign. The prize, endowed with 50,000 euros, is awarded annually by the University of Tübingen’s Faculty of Protestant Theology. Once more, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the award ceremony cannot take place as planned. As in 2020, it will be postponed to be presented together with next year’s prize at the award ceremony of 2022.
Bernhard Waldenfels (born in 1934 in Essen) is professor emeritus of philosophy at the Ruhr University in Bochum. He is one of the most important authors in the field of contemporary phenomenology. ...
