Name: The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
ISBN: 9780141191119

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Authors: Friedrich Engels, Michèle Barrett, Tristram Hunt
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: June 29, 2010
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Anarchism · Social Theory
Reading lane: Anarchism

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19th-Century History
Political Philosophy
Communism & Socialism

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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 st...

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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.