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The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State

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.
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

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  • Release date: April 29, 2010

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  • ISBN: 9780141958347
  • Release date: April 29, 2010

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  • ISBN: 9780141958347
  • File size: 3017 KB
  • Release date: April 29, 2010

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History Sociology Nonfiction

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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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History Sociology Nonfiction