A long time ago British philosopher Bertrand Russell 's book "
Marriage and Morals " got him banned from teaching in American
universities.Are there still taboo thoughts here about the institution
of marriage?
Russell was a socialist who understood how the institution of marriage fit into the capitalist economic structure as well as the radical Engels who wrote " The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State."
The anarchist Emma Goldman had some bitter comments on marriage and prostitution ( she thought prostitution should be legalized , happiness was " free love ) .
If you take the trouble to browse through a shelf of books on divorce in any public library , you could easily conclude that marriage as a civil institution is all about money and private property. This poisons " happiness " in nine out of ten marriages.
Socialists see marriage as the main social structure for preserving our now " unacceptable economic inequality."
Apart from socialist ideology, " bourgeois marriage " is ridiculed frequently in American and
European literature. I recall a number of stories by Guy de Maupassant in particular.
Russell was a socialist who understood how the institution of marriage fit into the capitalist economic structure as well as the radical Engels who wrote " The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State."
The anarchist Emma Goldman had some bitter comments on marriage and prostitution ( she thought prostitution should be legalized , happiness was " free love ) .
If you take the trouble to browse through a shelf of books on divorce in any public library , you could easily conclude that marriage as a civil institution is all about money and private property. This poisons " happiness " in nine out of ten marriages.
Socialists see marriage as the main social structure for preserving our now " unacceptable economic inequality."
Apart from socialist ideology, " bourgeois marriage " is ridiculed frequently in American and
European literature. I recall a number of stories by Guy de Maupassant in particular.
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