The origin of the family, private property and the state, in the light of the researches of Lewis H. Morgan.
by Friedrich Engels
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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.
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History, Property, The State, Primitive societies, Family, Families, Genealogy, Primitive Society, Social evolution, State, The", Nonfiction, Sociology, Political science, Family, history, Property, history, State, the, Homme primitif, Famille, Histoire, Propriété, État, Gezin, Verwantschap, Eigendomsverhoudingen, Staat (politicologie), Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881, Social evolutionShowing 11 featured editions. View all 65 editions?
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At head of title: Frederick Engels.
"The translation (from the text of the fourth edition, Moscow, 1934) has been made by Alick West and revised by Dona Torr."--p. vi.
"First published 1940, reprinted February 1941."
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