The Origin Of The Family, Private Property And The State: In The Light Of The Researches Of Lewis H. Morgan
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Pages: Yellowed
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Few works in the history of political thought have proven as foundational and enduring as Friedrich Engels's The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, a landmark treatise that uncovers the deep historical roots of social inequality, arguing that the subjugation of women, the rise of private property, and the formation of the state are not natural phenomena but historically contingent developments born from specific economic conditions. Drawing extensively on the anthropological research of Lewis H. Morgan, Engels traces the evolution of human society from primitive communism through the emergence of class-based civilization, presenting a sweeping materialist analysis of how kinship structures, inheritance laws, and political institutions co-evolved to serve the interests of a ruling class. Written in 1884, this seminal work sits at the intersection of anthropology, political economy, and social theory, and remains one of the most cited texts in Marxist and feminist scholarship alike. Engels's style is both rigorous and polemical, marshalling ethnographic evidence with the confidence of a scholar determined to dismantle bourgeois assumptions about family and governance. Published by Progress Publishers in Moscow, this edition reflects the work's enduring global influence — and its central question, whether the institutions that organize modern life are inevitable or merely inherited, continues to demand an answer.
Author: F. Engels
Format: Hardback
Published: 1972, Progress Publishers, Moscow
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Few works in the history of political thought have proven as foundational and enduring as Friedrich Engels's The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, a landmark treatise that uncovers the deep historical roots of social inequality, arguing that the subjugation of women, the rise of private property, and the formation of the state are not natural phenomena but historically contingent developments born from specific economic conditions. Drawing extensively on the anthropological research of Lewis H. Morgan, Engels traces the evolution of human society from primitive communism through the emergence of class-based civilization, presenting a sweeping materialist analysis of how kinship structures, inheritance laws, and political institutions co-evolved to serve the interests of a ruling class. Written in 1884, this seminal work sits at the intersection of anthropology, political economy, and social theory, and remains one of the most cited texts in Marxist and feminist scholarship alike. Engels's style is both rigorous and polemical, marshalling ethnographic evidence with the confidence of a scholar determined to dismantle bourgeois assumptions about family and governance. Published by Progress Publishers in Moscow, this edition reflects the work's enduring global influence — and its central question, whether the institutions that organize modern life are inevitable or merely inherited, continues to demand an answer.