{"product_id":"9780141191119","title":"The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State","description":"Author: Engels, Friedrich\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780141191119\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 11 Jun 2010\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenguin Classics brings this seminal work by Engels back in to print, with a new introduction by historian Tristram Hunt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State\u003c\/i\u003e (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.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48135656669342,"sku":"UBD-9780141191119","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780141191119.jpg?v=1786626482","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780141191119","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}