Contending materialist conceptions of the origin of the state: On the divide between Morgan and Engels
This paper will present a comparative analysis of two major materialist conceptions of the origin of the state, namely, those of Lewis Morgan and Friedrich Engels. The first part of the paper will offer a brief overview of the 17th century origins of this theory: the philosophical attempts to establ...
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| description | This paper will present a comparative analysis of two major materialist conceptions of the origin of the state, namely, those of Lewis Morgan and Friedrich Engels. The first part of the paper will offer a brief overview of the 17th century origins of this theory: the philosophical attempts to establish how the state came to be. Thereafter, we will look at how Morgan's innovative approach enabled tremendous progress on this issue, offering, if not the answer to the question of the state's origin, then at least the means of reaching it. The central part of the paper will present Engels' attempt to create a theory of his own, featuring aspects of both Marx's and Morgan's thought: in this regard, we will focus on the fundamental elements that are shared between Morgan's and Engels' theories. Finally, the subject of the last part of the paper will be the divergence between the two authors: here, we will examine the theoretical limitations of Engels' attempt to surpass Morgan's work and point to a number of errors that proceeded therefrom. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-065ed9ca99144c3080049275414294ed2025-01-14T11:09:20ZdeuInstitute for Political Studies, BelgradeSrpska Politička Misao0354-59892023-01-0182427930610.5937/spm82-449440354-59892304279MContending materialist conceptions of the origin of the state: On the divide between Morgan and EngelsMatić Ivan0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9519-8069Institute for Political Studies, Belgrade, SerbiaThis paper will present a comparative analysis of two major materialist conceptions of the origin of the state, namely, those of Lewis Morgan and Friedrich Engels. The first part of the paper will offer a brief overview of the 17th century origins of this theory: the philosophical attempts to establish how the state came to be. Thereafter, we will look at how Morgan's innovative approach enabled tremendous progress on this issue, offering, if not the answer to the question of the state's origin, then at least the means of reaching it. The central part of the paper will present Engels' attempt to create a theory of his own, featuring aspects of both Marx's and Morgan's thought: in this regard, we will focus on the fundamental elements that are shared between Morgan's and Engels' theories. Finally, the subject of the last part of the paper will be the divergence between the two authors: here, we will examine the theoretical limitations of Engels' attempt to surpass Morgan's work and point to a number of errors that proceeded therefrom.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-5989/2023/0354-59892304279M.pdfmorganengelsmaterialist conceptionorigin of the statesocial contract |
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| title | Contending materialist conceptions of the origin of the state: On the divide between Morgan and Engels |
| title_full | Contending materialist conceptions of the origin of the state: On the divide between Morgan and Engels |
| title_fullStr | Contending materialist conceptions of the origin of the state: On the divide between Morgan and Engels |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contending materialist conceptions of the origin of the state: On the divide between Morgan and Engels |
| title_short | Contending materialist conceptions of the origin of the state: On the divide between Morgan and Engels |
| title_sort | contending materialist conceptions of the origin of the state on the divide between morgan and engels |
| topic | morgan engels materialist conception origin of the state social contract |
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