Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2021-11-01
Books mentioned on 199. Death, Meaning, and the Power of the Invisible World | Clay Routledge
Welcome to the Jordan B Peterson podcast season 4, episode 54. This episode was recorded on June 14th, 2021.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Denial of Death
Ernest Becker's The Denial of Death is a profound psychological work exploring how human behavior is fundamentally driven by the fear of mortality and the ways people attempt to transcend it.
Discussed“that's based on ernest becker's work the denial of death which is a great book i think he's fundamentally wrong but it's a great book nonetheless he's wrong in a very interesting way and he's very very smart person so the denial of death is a great book”
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The Worm at the Core
The Worm at the Core by Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, and Tom Pyszczynski explores terror management theory and the foundational role that the fear of death plays in driving human behavior and societal creation.
Discussed“they wrote a book uh called the worm at the core the on the role of death in life that came up in 2015 i haven't looked at that book i've talked to greenberg and and solomon about about their work before”
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The Neuropsychology of Anxiety
Discussed“so that's another line of evidence that's all documented quite nicely in jeffrey gray's book the neuropsychology of anxiety because he talks a fair bit about the difference between pain”
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Why Liberalism Failed
Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick J.
Discussed“u know like catholic traditionalists and i he wrote that book why liberalism failed and you know i'm not”
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The Population Bomb
The Population Bomb by Paul R.
Discussed“ehrlich's book the club of rome all these people said”
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