Human babies, because of our mondo braincase, are born much earlier in our fetal development. This is very different from other species in which newborn offspring are able to walk and find food on their own. In human biology, children are born helpless. According to this idea, male domination in society is a natural result of childbirth and child rearing. To understand what Engels was trying to do in The Origin, it’s important to contrast his theory with what could be called the “common sense” notion of male domination in history.
Consequently, The Origin can be seen as an early example of feminist writing. Most critically, he sees the family, in the context of private property and capitalism, as the driving force subjugating women and promoting male dominance. In The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State (heretofore referred to as The Origin) Engels applies the Marxist notion of Historical Materialism to understanding the family as a social institution.
Arguably the most important of these works was his invaluable The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State. After Marx died, Engels took over his papers, but also continued his own work. The greatest collaborations were The Communist Manifesto and The German Ideology. When he and Marx collaborated, they did so as equals. He met Karl Marx as a Young Hegelian, having already published works on his own and mastered multiple languages. Most importantly, however, Engels was a brilliant scholar and writer in his own right.
That’s right, Friedrich Engels, the great communist, was a capitalist!.
He later sold these businesses and was able to live quite comfortably off of his investments. Engels owned multiple textile and cotton factories in England and Germany. First, in the relationship between Marx and Engels, it was Engels who was the wealthy patron. This Batman and Robin schema is weird for a number of reasons. He is, of course, most famous for co-authoring The Communist Manifesto with his friend, Marx. He’s the side-kick standing in the shadow of the much greater and more prolific philosopher. When we think about Friedrich Engels, we often think of him as Robin to Karl Marx’s Batman.
0 kommentar(er)
