The origin of the family, private ownership, and the state

Author's name: Friedrich Engels Publisher: Al-Takween for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2011 Literary classification: History and Political Sciences Brief about the book: Before 1860, there was nothing called family history, because the science of history in this field was still entirely under the influence of the Five Books of Moses. The paternal family form, which was described in more detail than anywhere else, was not considered, implicitly, the oldest form of family only, but was - except for polygamy - considered the same as the current bourgeois family, as if the family had not undergone any historical development at all. Engels authored the book "The Origin of the Family and Private Property and the State" in 1884. In it, he briefly and captivatingly presented the results of the research of the American social scientist Morgan with Karl Marx's comments on it, alongside his own research on three of the most dangerous topics in sociology: the family, private property, and the state. These topics concern us today more than ever because we are going through a transitional phase in which we are experiencing what resembles a revolution in our social, political, and economic concepts.