Engels’ View Of Marriage And The Family

The Origin of the Family,Private Ownership and the State(Origins)is a work that reflects Engels’ research on the history of human social development.In Origins,Engels,through the study of marriage and family relations in different historical periods,realized the scientific interpretation of the essence of marriage and family from the perspective of materialistic history,summarized the influence of economic factors in marriage and family,and made scientific predictions on marriage and family relations in future society on this basis,forming a scientific view on marriage and family.In order to further explore the important role of Engels’ marriage and family in the development of contemporary marriage and family,this paper will take Origins as the research text and systematically organize the relevant discussion of the chapters of Engels’ thought on marriage and family in Origins to achieve a holistic grasp of the relevant discussion.The study of Engels’ view on marriage and family is the main part of this paper.This paper will analyze the chapters on marriage and family in Origins through the methods of documentary analysis,abstract generalization,and historical and logical unification analysis.Among them,the critical inheritance of Hegel,Bachofen,Mac Lennan,Morgan and Marx’s view of marriage and family and the systematic discussion of the four forms of marriage and family constitute the main basis of Engels’ view of marriage and family.At the same time,in the process of general analysis and research,this paper further composes the evolutionary lineage of Engels’ view of marriage and family in detail,makes an analytical explanation,and enriches the historical dimension of Engels’ view of marriage and family by combining political,economic,social and other background factors.The significance of this paper is that through systematically studying the core viewpoints of Engels’ view on marriage and family in the Origin,it clarifies our thinking for the correct understanding and handling of the current marriage and family relations.In the Origin,Engels clarifies the decisive role of production relations in the formation of marriage and family relations and the importance of constructing marriage and family morality,which gives us an important guiding significance for scientific analysis of present-day marriage and family problems and the importance of moral education and upbringing of the family.