Origins: Family, Property, and Power – A Marxist Lens on Social Evolution

About Origins: Family, Property, and Power – A Marxist Lens on Social Evolution

Origins is a podcast series exploring Friedrich Engels’ groundbreaking work, The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State. Drawing on anthropological and historical evidence, Engels charts the evolution of social structures from early communal living to the development of monogamy, patriarchy, and the state. Through a Marxist lens, we examine how shifts in kinship systems, the rise of private property, and economic transformations reshaped gender roles and laid the foundations of modern society.

Publisher

Global Insight

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 May 2025

Latest episode

30 May 2025

Latest episodes

10 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 May 2025

   Episode 10: Barbarism and Civilization — The Birth of Class and State

   This episode analyzes the transition from gentile society to early civilization, focusing on economic shifts like pastoralism, agriculture, and the rise of private property that ultimately led to class divisions and the emergence of the state.

2. 

   29 May 2025

   Episode 9: The Formation of the State among Germans — Renewal from Barbarism

   This episode explores Friedrich Engels's analysis of the Germanic tribes' role in revitalizing Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, leading to new national identities and the foundations of feudalism.

3. 

   28 May 2025

   Episode 8: The Gens among Celts and Germans — Kinship and Custom in Early Europe

   This episode explores the gens system among Celtic and Germanic peoples, examining kinship groups' impact on social, economic, and political life, revealing the transformation of early European tribal organization.

4. 

   27 May 2025

   Episode 7: The Gens and the State in Rome — From Kinship to Republic

   This episode explores ancient Rome's transition from a kinship-based gens society to a territorial state, highlighting the impact of the plebs and the Servian constitution on Roman citizenship and political transformation.

5. 

   26 May 2025

   Episode 6: The Rise of the Athenian State — From Kinship to Democracy

   This episode explores the evolution of the Athenian state, examining how economic shifts and reforms transformed kinship-based structures into a territory-based political system organized by wealth, ultimately shaping Athenian democracy.

6. 

   26 May 2025

   Episode 5 – The Greek Gens: From Kinship to City-State

   This episode examines Friedrich Engels' analysis of the Greek gens, tracing the evolution of early Greek society from kinship systems to the city-state and highlighting the shift from matrilineal to patrilineal descent.

7. 

   26 May 2025

   Episode 4 – The Iroquois Gens: Democracy Before the State

   This episode explores Friedrich Engels' analysis of the Iroquois gens, revealing its democratic practices and egalitarian social order as a model predating class-based states.

8. 

   26 May 2025

   Episode 3 – The Evolution of Family: From Group Marriage to Monogamy

   Friedrich Engels' work is examined to understand the evolution of family structures, from communal systems to monogamy, driven by private property and inheritance, ultimately impacting gender equality in this interview.

9. 

   26 May 2025

   Episode 2 - From Savagery to Civilization: Tracing the Stages of Prehistoric Culture

   Friedrich Engels analyzes humanity's progression from savagery through barbarism to civilization, highlighting advancements in food production and family structure transformations based on Lewis Henry Morgan's framework in this episode.

10. 

    26 May 2025

    Episode 1 - Foundations of Family, Property, and Power: Engels' Preface to a Revolutionary Theory

    Friedrich Engels' preface to *The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State* examines the materialist conception of history and the evolution of social institutions.

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