Recently I received a query from someone who follows my blog:
What does Marxism say about blood ties? My understanding is that Marx
and Engels thought the family was a product of capitalism and that it
would wither away when capitalism destroyed itself of its own internal
contradictions. I’ve always had a problem with that. Of course, the
specific form that the family takes in capitalism is unique to this
economic system, but to me, the primacy of blood ties supersedes all
else, and if capitalism should fall, there will always be the reality of
blood kin. Go anywhere in the world and you’ll see this: kinship is all.
Does Marxism disagree?
Since others might have the same sorts of questions, I am posting a
public reply.
http://louisproyect.org/2015/06/13/blood-ties/
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