From: "ben blumson" <autumnsprung-AT-freemail.com.au>
Subject: Re: The family
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 09:58:12 +1000


I've read in 'mutual aid' that tribal societies had no families in the sense that we did and that families were invented later associated with the idea of private property ( in a sense though kropotkin doesn't say this women were property too). This however may be just idealization of the past i asked anout it a few weeks ago but got no response. i think i can go back and try to find the exact pages for you
yours
Ben Blumson

At 1999-04-20 05:02:23.731000, 
"MR BENJAMIN JAMES HANSON" wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I was just wondering if anyone could tell me the origins of the 
> family. Is it a Victorian construction? If so what forms of social 
> orgaination preceded it?
> 
> Hope to hear from you all soon,
> 
> Ben
> 
> P.S sorry about the vagueness of the post but i'm in a rush to 
> catch my train home. Cheers.


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