Description
The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State by Friedrich Engels is an exemplary historical and dialectical materialist exploration of the development of human society. Using the latest scientific research of the time, Engels takes us on a journey charting the emergence of class society, driven by advances in tools, knowledge, and agriculture.
The subjugation of the female sex is explained in the context of the division of labour in class-based society, an oppression that has lasted from slave society, through to feudalism, and finally capitalism. It is only by understanding history and society, and the real causes of division and oppression that we can work to undo them.
