拉法格对史前社会研究的贡献

拉法格在《宗教和资本》、《思想起源论》和《财产及其起源》等著作中撰写了与神话有关的系列论文，并运用唯物史观的基本观点和方法，通过对母权制家庭、母权制家庭向父权制家庭的过渡、史前社会的土地和食物的平等分配等三个方面的研究对古代神话作了马克思主义的阐释、分析，从而揭示了隐藏在神话背后的真实的社会内容，成功地再现了史前社会发展图景，丰富了唯物史观。

Lafargue's Contribution to the Study of Prehistory Society

In the publications of ＂Religion of Capital＂, ＂Ideological Origins of Theory＂, and＂ Property and Its Origin ＂, Lafargue wrote a series of papers on myths. Through using basic concepts and methods of his- torical materialism to analyze and interpret the ancient myths, and study of matriarchal family, the transition from matriarchal family to patriarchal family and the equitable distribution of land and food of prehistory society, he revealed the true social content behind the myth .He successfully reappeared the picture of the development of prehistory society and enriched the historical materialism.