A bestseller from the most influential intellectual in the Western world today
What should every person in the modern world know? asks renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson and his answer to this difficult question uniquely combines age-old truths with the astonishing discoveries of more recent scientific research.
Peterson can be funny and surprising and always revelatory. He explains, why not stop kids from doing dangerous stunts on skateboards, what a terrible fate awaits man, who's too quick to criticize, who is vengeful, hateful and arrogant; and why we should pet every cat we see on the street. Peterson discusses (self-)discipline and freedom, adventure and responsibility, the meaning of life and faith in God; He takes surprising detours and returns again, distilling insights about human character and destiny into twelve seemingly simple lessons, behind which lie profound insights and far-reaching lessons about how to lead a right life. It shatters trite precepts concerning science, faith and human nature, and transforms and uplifts the minds and spirits of its readers.
The author is often seen as an opponent of the contemporary gender agenda, but much more than an opponent, Peterson is an advocate: a proponent of the most traditional values - responsibility for one's own life and the world around one, faith in human community, responsibility towards super-personal values and towards God.
Jordan B. Peterson grew up and grew into a man in the frozen wastelands of northern Alberta; he was flying an aerobatic plane; he and the astronauts were exploring a meteor crater in Arizona; taught mythology to lawyers, doctors and merchants; was a consultant to the UN Secretary-General; helped his patients manage depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety and schizophrenia; He has been an advisor to senior management of major Canadian companies and has lectured extensively throughout North America and Europe. He has taught at Harvard and currently at the University of Toronto, and has authored or co-authored more than a hundred scholarly articles that have transformed the modern understanding of personality; his book Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief has fundamentally transformed the psychology of religion. The author lives in Toronto, and readers can visit his website www.jordanbpeterson.com, watch his YouTube channel Jordan Peterson Videos, and watch recordings of Peterson's public appearances.
If the world of psychology had its rock stars, Jordan B. Peterson is undoubtedly one of them. His YouTube channel Jordan Peterson Videos has nearly two million followers, and recordings of Peterson's public performances have an audience of millions.
