{"product_id":"jarrett-earnest-tell-me-something-good-copy","title":"Friedrich Engels: The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePenguin Classics, 2010, softcover, 240 pages, 13.1 x 19.8 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1884), was a provocative and profoundly influential critique of the Victorian nuclear family. Engels argued that the traditional monogamous household was in fact a recent construct, closely bound up with capitalist societies. Under this patriarchal system, women were servants and, effectively, prostitutes. Only Communism would herald the dawn of communal living and a new sexual freedom and, in turn, the role of the state would become superfluous.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57878024159616,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/41_uPIvD7NL._SY445_SX342_ML2.jpg?v=1776163073","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/jarrett-earnest-tell-me-something-good-copy","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}