Actually reading The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State. It's actually very good. Does anyone know an update to this? Like, a lot of the science and anthropology must have changed in the last 130 or so years.
I would recommend Lise Vogel's Marxism and the Oppression of Women! She gives a comprehensive overview of the history of social feminist theory and the history of women's issues in the communist movement starting with 'The Origin' and the Second Party Congress, going through industrial feminism, second wave feminism, 70s and 80s social feminism, before giving her own analysis.
The book is worth reading as a whole, but you might be interested in it just for her critique of Engels!
For sure! I'm really pleasantly surprised at how well he did and how much empathy he showed given the culture he was raised in. Vogel is also quick to point that out. Honestly I haven't actually read The Origin yet so take my rec w as much salt as you please.
Actually reading The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State. It's actually very good. Does anyone know an update to this? Like, a lot of the science and anthropology must have changed in the last 130 or so years.
I would recommend Lise Vogel's Marxism and the Oppression of Women! She gives a comprehensive overview of the history of social feminist theory and the history of women's issues in the communist movement starting with 'The Origin' and the Second Party Congress, going through industrial feminism, second wave feminism, 70s and 80s social feminism, before giving her own analysis.
The book is worth reading as a whole, but you might be interested in it just for her critique of Engels!
Ah great, thank you. I'm sure Engels is going to fuck up a bit, he was a non specialist writing in the 19 century. 😊
For sure! I'm really pleasantly surprised at how well he did and how much empathy he showed given the culture he was raised in. Vogel is also quick to point that out. Honestly I haven't actually read The Origin yet so take my rec w as much salt as you please.