Jordan B. Peterson (Author, Reader)
Jordan B. Peterson’s books have sold millions of copies
worldwide. The expansive tours that accompanied their publication
have brought him in front of a quarter of a million people in some
five hundred venues, and his online lectures and podcasts have been
seen and heard by a billion viewers and listeners. Before becoming
one of today’s most influential public intellectuals, he worked for
decades as a professor at Harvard and the University of Toronto,
and as a practicing clinical psychologist. He has published more
than a hundred scientific papers on a range of topics including
personality, criminal behavior, political and religious belief, and
the neuroscience of perception, motivation and emotion. He has
developed a range of extraordinarily popular self-development,
educational and communication tools, including selfauthoring.com
and understandmyself.com, Peterson Academy, and Essay.app. He lives
in Toronto, Canada, with his wife, Tammy. They have two children
and four grandchildren.
The advice in Beyond Order reflects some new and painful awareness
of mortality. But it was always Peterson's intimate, self-revealing
style that made his life advice so powerful, so energising, and so
hard to reduce to politics
*Telegraph*
A sui generis kind of personal trainer for the soul.... It's a good
thing that there's space on the self-help shelves for a book as
bracingly pessimistic as this one... Peterson offers an invaluable
reminder that we're finite and inherently imperfect
*Guardian (Book of the Week)*
Life-changingly inspirational
*The Times*
Full of sensible, humane advice, and shows he is still very much on
top... The book is a validation of his own role; as he observes,
being able to articulate what many people instinctively feel but
can't articulate is a valuable role for a public intellectual
*Evening Standard*
In telling us that life is suffering (as all major religions do)
and that the goal is to find meaning rather than happiness, he does
have something to say. ... wisdom combined with good advice.
Peterson is at his best when telling stories of his clinical
practice - he comes across as an empathetic non-judgmental
listener
*Telegraph*
More trenchant life advice from the bestselling author of 12 Rules
for Life... bound to be a bestseller
*The Times*
Reliably thought-provoking, often engrossing ... Peterson has a
sharp eye for the vagaries of human nature, and he can be a
compelling storyteller, especially when narrating his own
experiences and those he has observed from life. There is a fair
amount of wisdom in Beyond Order, of the kind that used to be
called common sense
*UnHerd*
Part quest, part adventure, part lecture and part polemic...
There's masses of passion, masses of wisdom and a deep, deep
yearning for us all to seek the beauty, truth and meaning Peterson
has sometimes glimpsed and is desperate for us to find. He has had
tens of thousands of letters from people who say he has helped them
to find it. How many writers can say they have done that?
*Sunday Times*
[Peterson is] enlightening as a clinical psychologist... Peterson's
rules are an attempt to locate people within society, to
acknowledge the systems and structures that have long existed and,
instead of seeking to tear them down, encourage his readers to find
their most functional position within them
*Observer*
Beyond Order showcases Peterson's extraordinary gift for
storytelling, as well as for extrapolating complex psychological
themes and deriving lessons and meaning from them in ways lay
readers can understand... A delight to read... Peterson is a world
class communicator... Beyond Order is a compelling and ultimately
life-affirming read for anyone willing to challenge their own ideas
and face up to the untapped potential in their lives
*Entertainment Focus*
Gratitude, he says, is "something in which you can discover part of
the antidote to the abyss and the darkness". As I read this last
line, I found myself saying "amen". And I realised what Jordan
Peterson really is. He has suffered more than most of us. He has
seen the abyss. And he has emerged from it not a top public
intellectual but a highly driven, intelligent, complex and
deservedly successful preacher
*Financial Times*
[Beyond Order] has psychological value and if you want homespun
common sense that is mixed with the wisdom of the ages then this is
the book for you. The 12 new rules are clearly laid out with a mix
of literature, mythology, philosophy, religion and psychology used
to support the significance of each... It's worth reading to equip
you to live a more purposeful and a more meaningful life
*Irish Independent*
'With Beyond Order, Jordan Peterson has given us an astonishingly
illuminating look at the human condition. Rule by rule, he digs
into the cornerstones of our psyche and culture as he seeks to
explain why we behave the way we do'
*Quillette*
Peterson is a deep thinker with tremendous powers of articulation
and a captivating sense of wonder. A master storyteller, he draws
on a multitude of sources, including his personal life, clinical
practice and long marriage to enlighten readers about the
fundamentals of human behavior and our civilization. Beyond Order
is a call for action and self-improvement. It is a mind-blowing
journey where the lessons learnt are lessons for life
*The Jerusalem Post*
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