| Title | : | 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos / Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief |
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| ISBN | : | 9123821248 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9789123821242 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | - |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 2019 |
Acclaimed clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson has influenced the modern understanding of personality, and now he has become one of the world's most popular public thinkers, with his lectures on topics from the Bible to romantic relationships to mythology drawing tens of millions of viewers. In an era of unprecedented change and polarizing politics, his frank and refreshing message about the value of individual responsibility and ancient wisdom has resonated around the world.
Maps of Meaning:
Why have people from different cultures and eras formulated myths and stories with similar structures? What does this similarity tell us about the mind, morality, and structure of the world itself? Jordan Peterson offers a provocative new hypothesis that explores the connection between what modern neuropsychology tells us about the brain and what rituals, myths, and religious stories have long narrated.
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos / Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief Reviews
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Eat, Pray, Love for Incels.
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This is a book that a lot of people said "save their lives", in a world of conflicting signals, this book is laying down the rules, literally in this case. In essence what Dr Peterson is saying if you want your life to have meaning, follow these rules. He is not apologetic about his approach and he is said to put in words what a lot of people were thinking. The main ethos of the book is that modern Western philosophy has missed it way, and allowed itself to be misled by the radical left, which has successfully insinuated themselves in western Universities. That a person should take more responsibilities for their actions, and these actions have consequences. Life is not easy, but hard, especially if you want to move forward in life and make something of it. He has 12 rules and each one seems to have its own chapter. With his extensive knowledge, in mythology, politics, fairy tales, philosophy, religion, science, modern culture - Homer Simpson, movies - Superman, etc he states that our parents or traditions were there for a reason. Even it is just to give life meaning and purpose, of which he believes if lacking can account for some of the problems we are seeing today.
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JP is tells a good story. His metaphors are second to none and some of his advice, particularly when it comes to conflict, feels useful. However, some of his views on women, trans people, and slacking kids, made me uncomfortable.
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Michael
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Simply a pseudo-science vomit of words from an incels
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A little underwhelming, has good thoughts but wanted a book more in-depth.
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I think this book would be a better read for anyone who has young children. He helps explain ways of getting children to obey and not be spoiled. My children are all grown up so It would have been a better read for me 20 years ago. He added some stories in the mix of his rules of life that I really enjoyed.
