Friedrich Engels' treatise on family economics and its connection
with human history and development is published here in full.
Engels examines the primitive tribal societies of the Native
Americans, where matriarchal arrangements were relatively
commonplace. He proposes that the effects that monogamy and the
increasing levels of private property decreased the influence of
women in family life and thus the wider society; a process which
Engels believed had advanced over thousands of years of advancing
human civilization. Engels argues that women were able to bond and
work together on a principle of sisterhood; he argues that this
occurrence is a form of primitive communism. In the modern day,
Engels' arguments in favor of matrilineal heritage in early human
societies are generally disregarded. However, anthropologists such
as Christopher Knight believe there is merit in Engels' claims, and
criticize the prevailing views.
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