Is there an "updated" version of Engels's Origin of Family, etc.
Is there an "updated" version of Engels's Origin of Family, etc.
The work is good and from what I can tell, the points about the discussion on the State (which is the basis for Lenin's thesis in State and Revolution), seem solid. But a lot of the family stuff seems...I don't know. I was never taught that stuff and I really have no anthropological background to begin researching such stuff, and I know Engels wrote it based on the very start of (respectable) anthropology.
Basically what I'm asking is, is it still accurate and just not accepted by most people because Marxism (Similar to the LTV and such), or is it outdated? And if it's the latter, is there a more up to date source, and what does it change about Marxist thinking of pre-capitalist society?