What similarities can you find between Nietzsche and Freud’s critique of civilization? How do they or the primitivists disagree with Marx? In what ways does Marx buy into and advance, rather than critical deconstruct, the narrative of social progress through the development of science, technology, and command over nature? What are some of the varied alternative proposals to civilization? Which model – pro- or anti-civilization – do you find more attractive and/or plausible, and why?