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Jordan B. Peterson
Psychology & Personal Growth
Jordan B. Peterson is a Canadian psychologist and author whose books and lectures explore belief, meaning, psychology, and cultural issues.
Biography
Jordan Bernt Peterson was born in Alberta in 1962. He earned undergraduate degrees in political science and psychology at the University of Alberta and a PhD in clinical psychology at McGill University. After researching and teaching at Harvard University, he became a psychology professor at the University of Toronto in 1998.
His first book, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief, appeared in 1999. It drew on psychology, mythology, religion, literature, philosophy, and neuroscience to examine belief and meaning. Peterson gained wider attention in the late 2010s for his commentary on cultural and political issues. In 2018, he paused his clinical practice and teaching duties and published 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. He published Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life and resigned from the University of Toronto in 2021.
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Books by Jordan B. Peterson
12 Rules for Life
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos was Peterson’s second book, published in 2018. It was promoted through a world tour and became a bestseller in several countries.