Michael Heinrich

Michael Heinrich (born 1957, Heidelberg) is a German Marxist political scientist. He has taught economics at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin and was managing editor of PROKLA: Journal for Critical Social Science (till 2014).

Michael Heinrich in Zagreb, 2014

Career

His PhD dissertation was published in 1991 and was titled Die Wissenschaft vom Wert as (The Science of Value).[1] (Today it is available in its 8th German edition, with an English translation forthcoming.[2])

Heinrich is known for his works on Marx's critique of political economy.[1]

As of 2021 Heinrich is working on a four-volume biography of Marx.[3] Karl Marx und die Geburt der modernen Gesellschaft 1. Band. 1818-1841 was published in 2018 (Stuttgart Schmetterling Verlag, ISBN 9783896570857) and an English translation Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society in 2019 (NYU Press, ISBN 9781583677353).[4][5] The second volume is expected to be published in 2022.[6]

Published books (selected)

  • An Introduction to the Three Volumes of Karl Marx’s Capital, Monthly Review Press, New York 2012, ISBN 978-1-58367-289-1.
  • Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society: The Life of Marx and the Development of His Work. Volume I: 1818-1841, Monthly Review Press, New York 2019, ISBN 978-1-58367-735-3.
  • How to Read Marx’s ‘Capital’. Commentary and Explanations on the Beginning Chapters. Monthly Review Press, New York 2021, ISBN 978-1-58367-894-7

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