Review of 'LÒrigine de la famille: de la propriete et de lètat' on 'GoodReads'
5 stars
Anne Carson no es poesía: la poesía es Anne Carson
240 pages
English language
Published Nov. 9, 2021 by Verso Books.
Origin of the Family, Ideology and the State
4 stars
(15 reviews)
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.
