- Published: 11 June 2010
- ISBN: 9780141191119
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 236
- RRP: $27.99
The Origin Of The Family, Private Property And The State
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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.
- Pub date: 11 June 2010
- ISBN: 9780141191119
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 236
- RRP: $27.99
