? It is all about class, it is why Engels writes that
"Thus, on the one hand, in proportion as wealth increased, it made the man’s position in the family more important than the woman’s, and on the other hand created an impulse to exploit this strengthened position in order to overthrow, in favor of his children, the traditional order of inheritance. This, however, was impossible so long as descent was reckoned according to mother right. Mother-right, therefore, had to be overthrown, and overthrown it was. This was by no means so difficult as it looks to us today"
I guess it does not have to be explicit about 'class' but you can read between the tea leaves and find the material basis is in class as long as you got historical materialism on your side.
Material basis is not the same as class. Class is often part of it, but the bourgeoisie at this point could end homophobia and keep their profits in tact. Maybe there's a material basis, but it could be too complicated to describe in language. There is use in describing power as it exists and not worrying about its basis.
? It is all about class, it is why Engels writes that
"Thus, on the one hand, in proportion as wealth increased, it made the man’s position in the family more important than the woman’s, and on the other hand created an impulse to exploit this strengthened position in order to overthrow, in favor of his children, the traditional order of inheritance. This, however, was impossible so long as descent was reckoned according to mother right. Mother-right, therefore, had to be overthrown, and overthrown it was. This was by no means so difficult as it looks to us today"
I guess it does not have to be explicit about 'class' but you can read between the tea leaves and find the material basis is in class as long as you got historical materialism on your side.
Material basis is not the same as class. Class is often part of it, but the bourgeoisie at this point could end homophobia and keep their profits in tact. Maybe there's a material basis, but it could be too complicated to describe in language. There is use in describing power as it exists and not worrying about its basis.