Jordan B. Peterson
Born: June 12, 1962 – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jordan B. Peterson is a Canadian psychologist, cultural commentator, and author whose work explores personality, belief, meaning, and social order. He is best known for Maps of Meaning and the international bestseller 12 Rules for Life. A former University of Toronto professor, he has built a large global audience through lectures and media appearances.
Biography & Author's Journey
Jordan B. Peterson grew up in northern Alberta and moved into academic life through the University of Alberta, where he earned a B.A. in political science, and McGill University, where he completed a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and then remained for postdoctoral work from 1991 to 1993. He went on to teach psychology at Harvard before returning to Canada in 1998 to join the University of Toronto, where he later became professor emeritus. Across those academic years, he combined teaching, clinical practice, and research, publishing more than one hundred papers, especially in personality and related areas. ((https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Jordan-B-Peterson/240551096))
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Beyond Order
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"Harvard students may know Jordan B. Peterson as the entertaining lecturer with the Canadian accent"
— The Harvard Crimson
"How dangerous is Jordan B. Peterson, the rightwing professor who 'hit a hornets' nest'?"
— The Guardian
"Jordan Peterson has become a central cog in the denial machine"
— Michael Mann
"Jordan Peterson aims at nothing short of a refounding of Western civilization"
— Esquire
"Jordan Peterson is now one of the most influential—and polarizing—public intellectuals in the English-speaking world"
— The New Yorker
"Jordan Peterson, 'lightning rod' of US culture wars, receives warm embrace in Israel"
— The Times of Israel
"Jordan Peterson is a sad and angry man"
— Rowan Williams
"Jordan Peterson is the most significant conservative thinker to appear in the English-speaking world in a generation"
— The Wall Street Journal
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