a Comparative examination of the classical thinkers of our course, whose theories of conflict and change played a decisive role in the formation of
contemporary culture, art, and politics. As much as their methods vary, Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud meet in a shared critique (or, “hermeneutics of suspicion”)
of self, value and society. But they also diverge in their analytical categories, critical methods, and theoretical vocabulary: historical materialism, postmetaphysical philosophy, and theory of the unconscious, respectively. In your paper, therefore, you are expected to articulate points of contrast as well as
convergence in their writings from a specific lens. Your paper should critically discuss the value and limits of each of these thinkers’ methods of critique, and
their respective diagnoses of modern culture and society. You must identify your specific topic, submit an outline