Therefore this paper intends to fill some of that void in the literature. The proletariats were suffering exploitation and alienation from the bourgeois, who profit from the alienation, or disconnect between the workers and the products of their labour.Īccording to Professor Terrell Carver, the majority of academic discussion regarding Engels’ work focuses on his collaborative contributions as Marx’s partner rather than Engels’ independent contributions to theory (2003, 16). During the time of Engels writing there was great conflict between the bourgeois (capitalist class) and the proletariat (working class). Engels is most well known for his collaborative work with Karl Marx, particularly The Communist Manifesto, which describes and analyzes the social context of their time in great detail.

This text will be applied to the contemporary sociological issue of polygamous marriages.Įngels was writing in Germany during a time of great social and intellectual change, according to Engels in a “nation that cared less than any other of its time for the history of the present family” (1902, 17). This paper will discuss the major independent contributions of Frederick Engels, focussing on his controversial text The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State. My last essay of my sociology undergrad! I thoroughly enjoyed researching and writing this, and learned some information that was new to me, so thought others might be interested in the result 🙂 Please share your thoughts.įriedrich Engels, Monogamy, and Private Property

Engels origin of the family