Helmut Reichelt

Helmut Reichelt(German pronunciation:[ˈhɛlmuːtˈʁaɪ̯çl̩t];born 1939, inBorås) is a GermanMarxian critic of political economy,sociologistandphilosopher.Reichelt is one of the main authors of the “Neue Marx-Lektüre”(new Marx reading) and considered to be one of the most important theorists in the field ofMarx'stheory of value.

Biography

Reichelt studied economics, sociology and philosophy in Frankfurt whereTheodor W. Adornosupervised his diploma in 1968. In 1970 Reichelt obtained his Ph.D at theInstitute for Social Research.In 1971 he became professor of sociology at theJohann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.One year later he was also appointed as the dean of the philosophy department in Frankfurt.

On the initiative ofAlfred Sohn-Rethel,Reichelt accepted the Professorship for social theory at the department of Sociology at theUniversity of Bremenin 1978. He remained in Bremen until his retirement in 2005.

Reichelt's research interests are the theory of society with special emphasis on the problems of the theory of economic value.^[1]^[2]Already during his time as a university student he began a long-term cooperation withHans-Georg Backhaus.Together with Backhaus he considered engaging with economic phenomena and economic theory as fundamental forcritical theory.Since 1998 Reichelt and Backhaus contributions have spawned a rich debate on theories of economic value and its relation to critical theory. Reichelt has published widely on Marx, on Adorno's social theory and on economic theory. Reichelt also oversaw an edition of Hegel's Philosophy of Right in the Ullstein Verlag. He is the current chair of the German Marx-Society.

Selected publications

Main work

Reichelt, Helmut:Neue Marx Lektuere - Zur Kritik sozialwissenschaftlicher Logik.Hamburg 2008.
Reichelt, Helmut:Zur logischen Struktur des Kapitalbegriffs bei Karl Marx.Freiburg 2001. (ISBN 3-924627-76-2)

Further publications

Der Zusammenhang von Werttheorie und ökonomischen Kategorien bei Marx,1999 -online
Die Marxsche Kritik ökonomischer Kategorien. Überlegungen zum Problem der Geltung in der dialektischen Darstellungsmethode im „Kapital “,2001 -PDF Archived2020-09-22 at theWayback Machine
Einige Fragen und Anmerkungen zu Nadjas „Kritik als Substanz des Denkens bei Kant und Marx. “,2005 -PDF Archived2016-03-03 at theWayback Machine
Marx's Critique of Economic Categories: Reflections on the Problem of Validity in the Dialectical Method of Presentation inCapital, in: Historical Materialism, Volume 15, Number 4, 2007, pp. 3–52(50) -abstract

References

^Eldred, Michael (1984).Critique of competitive freedom and the bourgeois-democratic state.Copenhagen: Kurasje. p.365.ISBN 978-87-87437-40-0.
^Postone, Moishe (1996).Time, Labor, and Social Domination: A Reinterpretation of Marx's Critical Theory.Cambridge. p.61.ISBN 978-0-521-56540-0.

External links

Verified, continuously updatedselected bibliographywith links and materials.

[1] Eldred, Michael (1984).Critique of competitive freedom and the bourgeois-democratic state.Copenhagen: Kurasje. p.365.ISBN 978-87-87437-40-0.

[2] Postone, Moishe (1996).Time, Labor, and Social Domination: A Reinterpretation of Marx's Critical Theory.Cambridge. p.61.ISBN 978-0-521-56540-0.

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