The origin of the family, private property, and the state.
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 10 featured editions. View all 65 editions?
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Includes bibliographical references.
Translation of Der Ursprung der Familie, which is based on findings of L. H. Morgan in his Ancient society.
Includes The part played by labour in the transition from ape to man, being a translation of Der Anteil der Arbeit an der Menschwerdung des Affen.
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