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The writing of The Origin of the Family began in early April 1884, and was completed on 26 May. [5] Engels began work on the treatise after reading Marx's handwritten synopsis of Lewis H. Morgan's Ancient Society; or, Researches in the Lines of Human Progress from Savagery, Through Barbarism to Civilization, first published in London in 1877. [6]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 December 2024. There is 1 pending revision awaiting review. German philosopher (1820–1895) "Engels" redirects here. For other uses, see Engels (disambiguation). Friedrich Engels Engels in 1879 Born (1820-11-28) 28 November 1820 Barmen, Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Kingdom of Prussia (now Wuppertal, Germany ...
The process of cognitive development described by Engels is today known as gene-culture coevolution or the dual inheritance theory, and is widely accepted among biologists. Stephen Jay Gould has argued that this is the only scientifically sound theory of the evolution of the human brain, and stated that Engels’ essay made “the best ...
Engels views the monogamous two-parent family as a microcosm of society, stating "It is the cellular form of civilized society, in which the nature of the oppositions and contradictions fully active in that society can be already studied". [25] Engels pointed out disparities between the legal recognition of a marriage, and the reality of it.
A related quote from Engels comes from Origins of the Family, Private Property, and the State (1884): The society which organizes production anew on the basis of free and equal association of the producers will put the whole state machinery where it will then belong—into the museum of antiquities, next to the spinning wheel and the bronze axe ...
This second meeting was the one which began their lifelong friendship and collaboration, which started with the production of The Holy Family and The German Ideology. In 1846, Engels and Marx began their own organization, the Communist Correspondence Committee, and sought other groups for the practical application of their political goals.
Engels' theory of resource control and later that of Karl Marx was used to explain the cause and effect of change in family structure and function. The popularity of this theory was largely unmatched until the 1980s, when other sociological theories, particularly structural functionalism , gained acceptance.
Morgan's book was the "inspiration for Friedrich Engels' book" The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State published in 1884. [77] Engels expanded Morgan's hypothesis that economical factors caused the transformation of primitive community into a class-divided society. [78]