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THE EVOLUTION OF PROPERTY FROM SAVAGERY TO CIVILIZATION
A Marxist consideration of property from primitive communism to feudalism to bourgeois property.
- GenresHistoryNonfiction
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First published January 1, 1890
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Paul Lafargue
160 books92 followersFrench revolutionary Marxist socialist and Karl Marx's son-in-law.Lafargue was born in Cuba to French and Creole parents. Karl Marx even once reffered to him by the n-word.
Lafargue his main work was called the right to be lazy. In which he calls upon not only the right to work, but also the right to be lazy. At the beginning of that book he claimed that the African slaves lived under better circumstances than the European worker.
At 69 he died together with his wife Laura in a suicide pact.
Lafargue his main work was called the right to be lazy. In which he calls upon not only the right to work, but also the right to be lazy. At the beginning of that book he claimed that the African slaves lived under better circumstances than the European worker.
At 69 he died together with his wife Laura in a suicide pact.
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January 17, 2022
A good summary with anthropological and historical examples for each stage
October 7, 2009
a true 'bible' for anthropologist
March 11, 2025
Great exploration of private property through the times, with examples. Lafargue shows how private property (and indeed capitalism) is not natural and is antithetical to community.
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September 16, 2022Written by Karl Marx’s son-in-law! Almost made me wanta be a communist.
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