Jordan B. Peterson
Clinical psychologist and author
Jordan B. Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist and author who taught at the University of Toronto. He wrote Maps of Meaning, 12 Rules For Life and Beyond Order.
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Canadian Born 1962 in Edmonton, Canada
Influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean Piaget
About Jordan B. Peterson
Peterson grew up in Alberta and studied political science and psychology at the University of Alberta. He then earned a doctorate in clinical psychology at McGill University. He did research and taught at Harvard University before joining the University of Toronto as a professor of psychology in 1998. His first book, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief, appeared in 1999. It explores how belief systems and meaning work, using ideas from several fields, including psychology, mythology and neuroscience. 12 Rules For Life followed in 2018 and became a bestseller in several countries. Beyond Order, a second set of rules, came out in 2021. He left the University of Toronto in 2021 and became chancellor of Ralston College in Savannah, Georgia, in 2022. He also shares lectures and conversations on YouTube and podcasts.