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==Roots== The roots of primitivism lay in [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment philosophy]] and the [[critical theory]] of the [[Frankfurt School]].{{Sfn|Aaltola|2010|pp=166-167}} The early-modern philosopher [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] blamed [[agriculture]] and [[cooperation]] for the development of [[social inequality]] and causing [[habitat destruction]].{{Sfn|Aaltola|2010|pp=166-167}} In his ''[[Discourse on Inequality]]'', Rousseau depicted the [[state of nature]] as a "[[primitive communism|primitivist utopia]]";{{Sfn|Long|2013|pp=218-219}} however, he stopped short of advocating a return to it.{{Sfnm|1a1=Long|1y=2013|1pp=218-219|2a1=Marshall|2y=2008|2p=124}} Instead, he called for political institutions to be recreated anew, in harmony with nature and without the artificiality of modern civilization.{{Sfnm|1a1=Long|1y=2013|1pp=218-219|2a1=Marshall|2y=2008|2p=15}} Later, critical theorist [[Max Horkheimer]] argued that [[environmental degradation]] stemmed directly from [[social oppression]], which had [[Labor theory of value|vested all value in labor]] and consequently caused widespread [[Marx's theory of alienation|alienation]].{{Sfn|Aaltola|2010|pp=166-167}}
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