The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State- Friedrich Engles

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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.

About the author
Friedrich Engels (1820-95) was the son of a Manchester factory owner. He wrote several groundbreaking essays on contemporary social and political conditions in Britain, including The Condition of the Working Class in England (1845), in which he criticized the working conditions and treatment of the urban poor. After Karl Marx’ death, Engels completed and published the last two volumes of Das Kapital (1884, 1894) from his friend’s surviving papers.

Additional information

Weight 0.40 lbs
Dimensions 7.75 × 5 × 0.5 in
ISBN 13

978-0141191119

Author

Friedrich Engels 

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