The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (Penguin Classics)
A classic Marxist study tracing the linked origins of family structures, private property, and the state through historical and anthropological evidence.
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This work examines the historical development of the family, private property, and the state from a materialist perspective.
It draws on anthropological research available in the late nineteenth century to trace changing social relations.
The text argues that economic conditions shape kinship systems and political institutions over time.
Engels presents these transformations as part of a broader progression in human societies.
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