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, …
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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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The Origin of the Family
Paperback, 220 pages
English language
Published by University Press of the Pacific.
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- 978-0-89875-469-8Copied ISBN!
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
Paperback, 224 pages
Published by Franklin Classics Trade Press.
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- 978-0-353-31520-4Copied ISBN!
The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State (Classics)
240 pages
English language
Published by Penguin Classics.
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- OCLC Number:
- 14347984
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published by Franklin Classics Trade Press.
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The Origin of The Family, Private Property, and the State
Paperback, 190 pages
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
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- 978-1-4750-1245-3Copied ISBN!
Der Ursprung der Familie, des Privateigenthums und des Staats
Hardcover, 188 pages
German language
Published 1922 by J.H.W. Dietz.
- OCLC Number:
- 312969590
El Origen de La Familia, La Propiedad Privada y El Estado
Paperback
Spanish language
Published by Nuestra America.
- ISBN:
- 978-987-1158-12-6Copied ISBN!
The origin of the family, private property, and the state, in the light of the researches of Lewis H. Morgan.
285 pages
English language
Published 1972 by International Publishers.
- OCLC Number:
- 337047
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
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English language
Published 2010 by Penguin Publishing.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-195834-7Copied ISBN!
The origin of the family, private property and the state
191 pages
English language
Published 1972 by Pathfinder Press.
Origin of the Family, Ideology and the State
240 pages
English language
Published 2021 by Verso Books.
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- 978-1-83976-151-5Copied ISBN!
El origen de la familia, la propiedad privada y el estado (Ciencias sociales)
Paperback
Published 1982 by Editores Unidos Mexicanos S. A..
El Origen De La Familia, La Propiedadà
Paperback, 236 pages
Spanish language
Published by Panamericana Editorial.
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- 978-958-30-0086-7Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 62499948
The origin of the family, private property and the state in the light of the researches of L.H. Morgan
285 pages
English language
Published 1972 by International Publishers, Pathfinder Press.
El Origen De La Familia, De La Propiedad
Paperback, 320 pages
Spanish language
Published by Jorge a Mestas Ediciones.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-95311-79-5Copied ISBN!
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