The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State

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.

Author: Friedrich Engels
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 06/29/2010
Series: Penguin Classics
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 7.74h x 5.12w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780141191119