| The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State Contributor(s): Engels, Friedrich (Author), Hunt, Tristram (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0141191112 ISBN-13: 9780141191119 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 321.1 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.12" W x 7.74" (0.41 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |