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The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State

The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State

Engels, Friedrich
Barrett, Michele

Paperback

Series: Penguin Classics

PhilosophyGeneral SociologySocial Movements

Publisher Price: $18.00

ISBN10: 0141191112
ISBN13: 9780141191119
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Jun 29 2010
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.12 Depth: 7.74
Language: English
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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