The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich Engels

The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State

Friedrich Engels

nonfiction classics philosophy informative reflective slow-paced

235 pages | first published 1884

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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...
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