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A book to put into its context, with some arguable reasonings (and anthropology theories), but highly interesting.
Friedrich Engels: L' origine de la famille, de la propriété privée et de l'état (French language, 1971, Editions sociales)
364 páginas
Idioma French
Publicado el 23 de enero de 1971 por Editions sociales.
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.
A book to put into its context, with some arguable reasonings (and anthropology theories), but highly interesting.