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German philosopher Habermas rejects UAE's Zayed Book Award

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BERLIN – The prominent German philosopher Juergen Habermas said Sunday he will not accept a high-priced literary award from the United Arab Emirates, reversing an earlier decision.

The 91-year-old, who is considered Germany's most eminent contemporary philosopher, 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.” In the statement, which his publisher Suhrkamp Verlag passed on to Spiegel Online, Habermas added “I didn't sufficiently make clear to myself the very close connection of the institution, which awards these prizes in Abu Dhabi, with the existing political system there.” On the homepage of the Zayed Book Award it

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