The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
Author: Engels, Friedrich
ISBN: 9780141191119
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2010
Pages: 240
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 17mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Penguin Classics brings this seminal work by Engels back in to print, with a new introduction by historian Tristram Hunt
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.
ISBN: 9780141191119
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2010
Pages: 240
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 17mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Penguin Classics brings this seminal work by Engels back in to print, with a new introduction by historian Tristram Hunt
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.
