An Introduction to the Three Volumes of Karl Marx's Capital

An Introduction to the Three Volumes of Karl Marx's Capital
Cover art for the 2012 English edition of the book. At the top it reads "An Introduction to the Three Volumes of Karl Marx's Capital". Below there is a picture of three hardcover volumes of Capital. At the bottom it reads "Michael Heinrich" with small text below that reads "Translated by Alexander Locascio".
Cover art for the 2012 English edition
AuthorMichael Heinrich
Original titleKritik der politischen Ökonomie: Eine Einführung
TranslatorAlexander Locascio
SubjectSocial sciences, economic theory, demography, capital, capitalism
Published2004 (Schmetterling Verlag)
Publication placeGermany
Published in English
2012 (Monthly Review Press)
Pages
  • 220 (Original)
  • 240 (English)
ISBN978-1-58367-289-1
335.4/1
LC ClassHB501.M37 H4513 2012
TextAn Introduction to the Three Volumes of Karl Marx's Capital at Internet Archive

An Introduction to the Three Volumes of Karl Marx's Capital (German: Kritik der politischen Ökonomie: Eine Einführung) is a book by German Marxist scholar Michael Heinrich examining the three volumes of Karl Marx's major economic work Capital. Published in German in 2004, the book is structured as a shortened account of Marx's analysis of capitalism, and is written from the standpoint of the Neue Marx-Lektüre school of thought, criticising both Marxist and bourgeois readings of Marx.[1][2] The book was first published in Germany by Schmetterling Verlag [de] and became one of the most popular introductions to Capital in the country.[3] It was the first of Heinrich's works to be translated into English, with a 2012 edition by Monthly Review Press.[4]

  1. ^ Sica 2012, p. 838.
  2. ^ Hoff 2012, p. 201.
  3. ^ Burghardt 2018, p. 219.
  4. ^ DiLeo 2013.