The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State

By: Friedrich Engels

Narrated by: Adam Douglas

The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State is an 1884 treatise by Friedrich Engels. The work is partially based on notes by Karl Marx to Lewis H. Morgan's book Ancient Society (1877) and is regarded as one of the first major works on family economics.

Engels argued that the traditional monogamous household was a recent construct, closely bound up with capitalism. He called it a patriarchal system in which women were servants and claimed that communism would herald the dawn of communal living and a new sexual freedom. The role of the state would then become superfluous.

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Foundational literature for any beginner marxists

highly worth reading. gives a very solid dialectical materialist perspective on the named topics. obviously the language is outdated, but it's worth remembering the words it is using specifically refer the the level of over production, not the level of intelligence or advancement of the people themselves.

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an excellent analysis of the evolution and relationships of various forms of communes/societies and it's progression towards the birth of the state

Debes leer esto

Es impresionante como un texto tan corto tiene tanto contenido. Esclarecedor y vigente, con un excelente enfoque

Eye-opening

If you want the gritty truth about American society and most others, this is the book.

Brilliant

The best book I read or listened to in my life for sure thank you