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Jordan Peterson
Peterson in Dallas, Texas, in June 2018
Born
Jordan Bernt Peterson

(1962-06-12) 12 June 1962 (age 62)
EducationUniversity of Alberta (BA)
McGill University (MA, PhD)
Spouse
Tammy Roberts
(m. 1989)
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
Institutions
ThesisPotential psychological markers for the predisposition to alcoholism (1991)
Doctoral advisorRobert O. Pihl
Influences
Websitejordanbpeterson.com
Signature

Jordan Bernt Peterson (born June 12, 1962) is a Canadian clinical psychologist and a retired professor of psychology at University of Toronto.[1] He studies abnormal, social, and personality psychology. He is interested in the psychology of religious and ideological belief.[4] His views are generally described as conservative.[5][dubious ]

Peterson criticises political correctness,[6] Marxism,[7] and postmodernism.[8] He said:[9][10]

Most of the global warming posturing is a masquerade for anti-capitalists to have a go at the Western patriarchy. That’s partly why the climate change thing for me is a contentious issue because you can’t trust the players." However, he believes climate change to be an issue.

When interviewing young American conservative figure Brett Cooper, Peterson claimed:[11]

The Left ‒ especially the radical types ‒ will drop you in a moment if you say or do anything that is out of that ideological sake [sic] [. ...] they will cancel or exclude. That's part of the entanglement of the radical left with cluster B psychopathology, with narcissism, with psychopathy, with borderline personality disorder, with antisocial behavior. That's all [...] passive-aggressive behavior, because it doesn't involve fists but social exclusion ‒ a very effective form of punishment.

Selected publications

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  • Self-Deception Explained
  • You can neither remember nor forget what you do not understand
  • Complexity Management Theory: Motivation for Ideological Rigidity and Social Conflict
  • Play and the Regulation of Aggression
  • Three Forms of Meaning and the Management of Complexity
  • The Functional Neuroanatomy and Psychopharmacology of Predatory and Defensive Aggression
  • Peacemaking among higher-order primates
  • Neuropsychology of Motivation for Group Aggression and Mythology

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Jordan B Peterson". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  2. Jordan Peterson (1999). "Preface: Descensus ad Infernos". Maps of Meaning. Routledge. p. xvii. ISBN 978-0415922227. I read something by Carl Jung, at about this time, that helped me understand what I was experiencing. It was Jung who formulated the concept of persona: the mask that "feigned individuality." Adoption of such a mask, according to Jung, allowed each of us- and those around us - to believe that we were authentic. Jung said...
  3. Jordan Peterson (1999). "Preface: Descensus ad Infernos". Maps of Meaning. Routledge. pp. xiii, xiv. ISBN 978-0415922227.
  4. Tucker, Jason; VandenBeukel, Jason (December 1, 2016). "'We're teaching university students lies' – An interview with Dr Jordan Peterson". C2C Journal.
  5. https://www.vox.com/world/2018/3/26/17144166/jordan-peterson-12-rules-for-life. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Jordan Peterson: The right to be politically incorrect". National Post. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  7. "Jordan Peterson, the obscure Canadian psychologist turned right-wing celebrity, explained". Vox. May 21, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  8. "Postmodernism: definition and critique (with a few comments on its relationship with Marxism)". Jordan B. Peterson.
  9. Marsh, Sarah (2019-03-20). "Cambridge University rescinds Jordan Peterson invitation". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  10. Callaghan, Greg (April 20, 2018). "Right-winger? Not me, says alt-right darling Jordan Peterson". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  11. "An Alternative Walk of Fame | Brett Cooper | EP 448". YouTube. May 13, 2024. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
  12. "'The Rise of Jordan Peterson'—A Review". October 14, 2019.
  13. "No Safe Spaces exposes the madness of groupthink". Washington Examiner. November 4, 2019.

Other websites

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