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Vad behöver alla i den moderna världen veta?

Psykologen Jordan B. Peterson har influerat miljontals människor över hela världen med sina utmanande och originella tankar om de största frågorna och han har gjort det genom att prata om ämnen från Bibeln till romantik till biologi. I förändringens och polariseringens tidevarv har hans uppriktiga budskap om värdet av individens ansvar blivit ett globalt fenomen.

I 12 livsregler ger sig Peterson i kast med ämnen som barnuppfostran, livsåskådning, ideologi, moral, andlighet och mänskligt lidande. Sökandet efter världens samlade kunskap mynnar ut i 12 praktiska, djärva och djupsinniga livsregler som skakar om vår uppfattning om vetenskap, tro, kultur och den mänskliga naturen.

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En självhjälpsbok för dem som inte läser självhjälpsböcker. En andlig guide för dem som inte bryr sig om andlighet. En biblisk manual för dem som inte tror på Gud. SVENSKA DAGBLADET

Volume #1 in the series Critical Responses®

   The Canadian psychology professor Jordan Peterson burst into public awareness when he opposed "the compulsory use of newfangled gender-pronouns". He has since published two best-selling books, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (2018) and Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life (2021), and has become the leading public intellectual on social media.

   Peterson has an almost cult-like following. Although he arouses strong passions both for and against his points, there has been very little focused, objective criticism of his provocative views on a wide variety of topics: the role of religion, the alleged need for more value and meaning in the modern world, the way young people should conduct their lives, the history of Marxism and postmodernism, male-female relations; the interpretation of Bible stories, the inevitability of hierarchy and inequality, and the application of Jungian archetypes.

   Jordan Peterson: Critical Responses brings together new and searching criticisms of various specific aspects of Peterson’s ideas. Though on balance decidedly critical, the authors represent a range of different backgrounds and philosophical assumptions, and the criticisms are fair and temperate, eschewing the personal attacks which have marred many of the pronouncements of Peterson’s opponents.

Jordan Peterson has attracted a high level of attention. Controversies may bring people into contact with Peterson's work, but ideas are arguably what keep them there. Focusing on those ideas, this book explores Peterson’s answers to perennial questions.

What is common to all humans, regardless of their background? Is complete knowledge ever possible? What would constitute a meaningful life? Why have humans evolved the capacity for intelligence? Should one treat others as individuals or as members of a group? Is a single person powerless in the face of evil? What is the relation between speech, thought, and action? Why have religious myths and narratives figured so prominently in human history? Are the hierarchies we find in society good or bad?

After devoting a chapter to each of these questions, Champagne unites the different strands of Peterson’s thinking in a handy summary. Champagne then spends the remaining third of the book articulating his main critical concerns. He argues that while building on tradition is inevitable and indeed desirable, Peterson’s individualist project is hindered by the non-revisable character and self-sacrificial content of religious belief.

This engaging multidisciplinary study is ideal for those who know little about Peterson’s views, or for those who are familiar but want to see more clearly how Peterson’s views hang together. The debates spearheaded by Peterson are in full swing, so Myth, Meaning, and Antifragile Individualism should become a reference point for any serious engagement with Peterson’s ideas.