The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State

Author: Friedrich Engels
ISBN: 9780140444650

How the emergence of class-divided society gave rise to repressive state bodies and family structures that protect the property of the ruling layers and enable them to pass along wealth and privilege. Engels discusses the consequences for working people of these class institutions -- from their original forms to those of modern times.

Publisher: Penguin Books
Publish Date: 1986

Subjects: Philosophy / General

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