Der Ursprung der Familie, des Privateigenthums und des Staats

im Anschluss an Lewis H. Morgan's Forschungen

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Friedrich Engels: Der Ursprung der Familie, des Privateigenthums und des Staats (German language, 1884, Schweizerische Genossenschaftsbuchdruckerei)

146 pages

German language

Published Nov. 9, 1884 by Schweizerische Genossenschaftsbuchdruckerei.

OCLC Number:
11695778

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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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Subjects

  • Primitive societies
  • Families
  • History
  • Property
  • The State