The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State

Engels, Friedrich

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Condition: New, UPC: 9780141191119, Publication Date: Tue, June 1, 2010, Type: Paperback ,

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8The 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.