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

The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State

Friedrich Engels

235 pages first pub 1884 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy sociology informative reflective slow-paced
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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...

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