The origin of marriage and family. Semenov Yu.I.

In the book of a famous domestic historian and philosopher, a specialist in the history of primitive and early class society, Yu. I. Semenov, an attempt was made on the basis of the achievements of modern science to draw a specific picture of the emergence and evolution of marriage and family. The book contains the richest and at the same time little-known material on the history of family-marriage relations, related ties and kinship systems. The historical development of views on the problem of family and marriage is described - from the ideas of ancient thinkers to the theory of the American scientist of the 19th century L. Morgan. The author considers and describes in detail all the forms of marriage that existed for centuries and eventually led to the emergence of a monogamous family. The book will be interesting not only to scientists - historians, sociologists, ethnographers, philosophers, psychologists, but also the widest circle of readers.