Usually, "wooden tircotomies" refers to some kind of poor and "rigid" effort at Hegelian dialectic.
Look at Engels _The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State_ where the Teutonic-Christian , ancient Greek and Roman forms of the family are discussed from a Marxist standpoint. Word "family" has a Latin origin. Roman family is "pater" ruled. On 7/16/09, justicelov...@yahoo.com <justicelov...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Will some one kindly let me know what was Stein's Wooden Trichotomies, and > shed light on this passage of Marx by explaining the mentioned forms of > families: "It is, > of course, just as absurd to hold the Teutonic-Christian form of the family > to be absolute as it would be to apply that character to the ancient Roman, > the ancient Greek, or the Eastern forms...." > > > > _______________________________________________ > Marxism-Thaxis mailing list > Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis > _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis