"12 Rules for Life" by Jordan B. Peterson. A Review.
With tens of thousands of reviews, and over 100,000 ratings for this book on Amazon and Goodreads, I’ll leave the more detailed analysis to others. Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist, and bestselling author, published “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos” in 2018, which has sold over 5 Million copies to date. This 409-page hardback is overflowing with perceptive guidance on various life issues. It springs from a set of presuppositions that include evolutionary psychology, some form of classical liberalism that embraces civil liberties, secularism, anti-fascism, anti-Marxism, and suffering. His suppositions also include a more positive view of tradition and myths from multiple cultures, and is friendly toward the Jewish-Christian perspective, using Hebrew and Christian Scriptures as a wellhouse of ancient wisdom. Well written, personable, and learned, this material is written for most anyone from any walk of ...