Lewis Henry Morgan

Sexual equality is in our genes

Marxist thinkers from Frederick Engels to Dorothy Ballan have long maintained that, for most of human existence, the social structure…

July 23, 2015

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 7

The anti-communist basis of the anthropological counterrevolution We’ve made reference in this series to the ideological counterrevolution of the early…

July 8, 2013

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 3

What was Lewis Henry Morgan’s contribution? The 550 pages of Lewis Henry Morgan’s “Ancient Society” (Tucson: University of Arizona Press,…

June 6, 2013

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 2

The challenge of uncovering human prehistory Part 1 of this series focused on the counterrevolution in anthropology that arose in…

May 30, 2013