The Origin of the Family
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(3 ratings)220 pages2001University Press of the PacificISBN 9780898754698
About this book
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.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- University Press of the Pacific
- Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 220
- ISBN
- 9780898754698
- Language
- en
About Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈɛŋəls]; 28 November 1820 – 5 August 1895) was a German social scientist, author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of communist theory, alongside Karl Marx. Together they produced *The Communist Manifesto* in 1848. Engels also edited the second and third volumes of *Das Kapital* after Marx's death.
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