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Jordan Peterson

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Jordan Bernt Peterson
Born
Jordan Bernt Peterson

(1962-06-12)12 June 1962
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Political orientationNeo-fascism[1]

Jordan Bernt Peterson is an Canadian clinical psychologist and public speaker who gained prominence in 2016 by lying about the contents of a bill put forth by the Liberal Party of Canada.

Anti-communism

Peterson is a persistent anti-communist. He willingly conflates postmodernism with Marxism despite their incompatibility.[2] According to Peterson, these "postmodern neomarxists" have infiltrated college campuses to indoctrinate young minds with "resentment-ridden ideology" that will "undermine western civilization".[3]

Peterson has admitted that his only experience with Marxist theory is him reading the Manifesto of the Communist Party. The only other source of knowledge on the subject is the book Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault by Stephen Hicks, a book with many scholarly errors and misreading of various philosophers.[4] The limits of Peterson's knowledge regarding Marxism was brought to the forefront when he had a public debate with compatible left thinker Slavoj Žižek where he misrepresents the short pamphlet he claims to have read.[5]

References

  1. Parfitt, Troy (2020).: The Devil and His Due: How Jordan Peterson Plagiarizes Adolf Hitler. Western Hemisphere Press.
  2. Jonas Čeika - CCK Philosophy (2018-04-27). "Jordan Peterson doesn't understand postmodernism" YouTube. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  3. Hakim (2022-06-13). "Jordan Peterson is back to tell you to wash your balls" YouTube. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  4. Jonas Čeika - CCK Philosophy (2022-09-11). "A Critique of Stephen Hicks' "Explaining Postmodernism"" YouTube. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  5. Jonas Čeika - CCK Philosophy (2019-08-30). "Learning about Marx with Jordan Peterson (feat. Anarchopac and Red Plateaus)" YouTube. Retrieved 2022-03-10.