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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.
Author: Friedrich Engels
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 6/29/2010
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.41 lbs
Size: 7.74″ H x 5.12″ L x 0.56″ W
ISBN: 9780141191119
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