Heinrich Herkner

Heinrich Herkner (June 27, 1863 – May 27, 1932) was a German economist.

Herkner was born in Liberec (German: Reichenberg), Bohemia and died in Berlin, Germany.

Herkner taught as a professor at the universities of Freiburg (1890-1892), Karlsruhe (1892-1898), and Zürich (1898-1907), as well as the Technical University (1907-1913) and Frederick William University (1913-1932) of Berlin.

Herkner was originally a Marxist who later evolved towards realist views. Alexandra Kollontai went to Zürich to study under him, but found he had become a “revisionist” and spent much of her time at the university contesting his views.

He was a founding member of the German Society for Sociology and along with Max Weber, Ferdinand Tönnies and Georg Simmel on its first board.

Works

• Die oberelsässische Baumwollenindustrie und ihre Arbeiter. Auf Grund der Thatsachen dargestellt, 1887
• Die soziale Reform als Gebot des wirtschaftlichen Fortschritts, 1891
• Die Arbeiterfrage, 1894
• Der Kampf um das sittliche Werturteil in der Nationalökonomie, in: Schmollers Jb. f. Gesetzgebung, Verw. u. Volkswirtschaft im Dt. Reiche 36 (1912), 515-555
• Krieg und Volkswirtschaft, 1915
• Deutschland und Deutsch-Österreich, 1919
• Liberalismus und Nationalismus 1848-1890, 1930

External links

• ÖSTERREICHISCHES BIOGRAPHISCHES LEXIKON 1815–1950 (German)