Award St George Medal

Democracy Service Medal (2009)

Jerusalem Prize (2007)

Kluge Prize (2003)

Order of the White Eagle (1998)

Prix Alexis de Tocqueville (1994)

Gordon J. Laing Award (1991)

Award of the Polish Pen Club (1988)

Jefferson Lecture (1986)

MacArthur Fellowship (1983)

Erasmus Prize (1983)

Veillon Foundation European Prize for the Essay (1980)

Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (1977)

Jurzykowski Prize (1969)

American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow ∙ 2011)