Scholarship on Jordan Peterson’s ideas

Sandra Woien, Ph.D., a philosopher at Arizona State University, has put together this fine volume of eighteen essays on Peterson’s thinking. Michael Shellenberger wrote the foreword. I have an essay in the book on Peterson’s pragmatic approach to religion. Here is the Table of Contents:

Part I The Culture Warrior 1

1. Jordan Peterson, Secular Priest ALEX BROCKLEHURST 3

2. Confronting the New Puritans RON DART 17

3. What Jordan Peterson Should Have Said about Marxism DAVID GORDON AND YING TANG 29

4. Does Jordan Peterson’s Appeal to Authenticity Make Him a Hypocrite? MADELEINE SHIELD 53

5. Not an Anti-Feminist Per Se LUIS FELIPE BARTOLO ALEGRE AND FABIOLA VALERIA CÁRDENAS MALDONADO 65

Part II The Storyteller 81

6. Clean Up Your Theory! DAVID RAMSAY STEELE 83

7. Stone, Stone-Soup, and Soup MARC CHAMPAGNE 101

8. The Masculine and Feminine of God KATIE SKURJA 119

9. Biblical Lilliputians Meet Gulliver RON DART 131

Part III The Truth Seeker 143

10. Jordan Peterson’s Religious Facts and Values STEPHEN R.C. HICKS 145

11. We’re Science! We’re All about Coulda, Not Shoulda MARK GARRON 159

12. Missing God ESTHER O’REILLY 173

13. Jordan Peterson on Postmodernism, Truth, and Science PANU RAATIKAINEN 187

Part IV The Philosopher 199

14. Are We Made for Happiness? TRISTAN J. ROGERS 201

15. How Jordan Peterson Explains Human Behavior DAVID DENNEN 213

16. Could Jordan Peterson Be a Stoic? SANDRA WOIEN 223

17. The Musical Mediation of Order and Chaos DAVID COTTER 237

18. On Peterson’s Truth TEEMU TAURIAINEN 251

Related: Canadian philosopher Marc Champagne, a contributor to Woien’s volume, also has this very good stand-alone book devoted to presenting and critiquing Professor Peterson’s work.

Also related: My two interview-conversations with Jordan Peterson on his show:

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