{"product_id":"the-origin-of-the-family-private-property-and-the-state-9780141191119","title":"The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Friedrich Engels\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45087477923991,"sku":"9780141191119","price":520.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780141191119.webp?v=1767640493","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-origin-of-the-family-private-property-and-the-state-9780141191119","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}