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Der Ursprung der Familie, des Privateigenthums und des Staats

Im Anschluss an Lewis H. Morgan’s Forschungen

by Friedrich Engels

1884 217 pages eng ★ 4.5 (4 ratings)

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 patri…

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