The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (Penguin Classics)

Type

Book

Authors

Friedrich Engels

ISBN 10

0141191112

ISBN 13

9780141191119

Tags

Historical Study & Educational Resources, World, Reference, Political, Marriage & Family, Communism & Socialism, Political Science, United States, History, Philosophy, Government, Political Ideologies, Sociology

Description

The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884), was a provocative and profoundly influential critique of the Victorian nuclear family. Engels argued that the traditional monogamous household was in fact a recent construct, closely bound up with capitalist societies. Under this patriarchal system, women were servants and, effectively, prostitutes. Only Communism would herald the dawn of communal living and a new sexual freedom and, in turn, the role of the state would become superfluous. - from Amzon

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