- History, Property, The State, Primitive societies
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.
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- Author
- Friedrich Engels
- First published
- 1900
- Pages
- 217
- Publisher
- "Ḳulṭur-lige", International publishers, Pathfinder Press
- Editions
- 65
- Language
- dan, Swedish, Chinese, French
- ISBN
- 9783320002961
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Friedrich Engels (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈɛŋəls]; 28 November 1820 – 5 August 1895) was a German social scientist, author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of communist theory, alongside Karl Marx. Together they produced *The Communist Manifesto* in 1848. Engels also edited the second and third volumes of *Das Kapital* after Marx's death.
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