The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State - Friedrich Engels

The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State

von Friedrich Engels

  • Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2010-04-29
  • Genre: Geschichte

Beschreibung

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.