Project:
Origin of the Family, Private Property &
the State
Discuss the origin of family, property, & the state,
including the works of Marx, Engels, AND Morgan.
1. Describe family structure before "the historic
defeat of women."
2. What are the social practices of the pairing
family?
3. What social conditions allowed the historic defeat?
4. Discuss the transition from the old communal
system of hunter gatherer society to full private ownership, first of herds,
and later of land, including the roles of females & males.
5. What did men want that caused the historic defeat?
6. What social practices are said to result from
the historic defeat?
7. What are the social practices of the monogamous
family?
8. Leaving out socialism, what is Engels' solution
to patriarchy? Critically evaluate.
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