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The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (Penguin Classics) by Friedrich Engels is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<i>The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State</i> (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 beco
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- Author
- Friedrich Engels
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780141958347
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Sociology, History, Political Science
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (181 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- The origin of the family, private property, and the state, in the light of the researches of Lewis H. Morgan (1972)
- The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State, in the Light of the Researches of Lewis H. Morgan (English and German Edition) (1972)
- The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State (1976)
- The origin of the family, private property and the state in the light of the researches of L.H. Morgan: with an introduction and notes by E.B. Leacock (1972)
- The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (2021)
- Der Ursprung der Familie, des Privateigenthums und des Staats (2001)
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