"The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and The State" by Friedrich Engels (Pt. 1)
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The Legacy of the Marxist Feminist Tradition
The legacy of this text is that it makes patriarchy historically contingent. It also corrects certain leftist mistakes around patriarchy. The idea that patriarchy itself is like a primal transhistorical category represents the first contradiction in feminism. angles laid the groundwork for the development of a robust marxist feminism which is still evolving and generating essential insights to this day.
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