Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2018-01-30
Books mentioned on #1070 - Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson is a clinical psychologist and tenured professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. All Dr.
Jordan Peterson recommended The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenit︠s︡yn and Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and discussed The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell and True Identity: The Bible for Women (NIV) by Various Authors.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Gulag Archipelago
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is a monumental historical exposé detailing the brutal Soviet forced labor camp system through survivor testimonies, archival research, and the author's own imprisonment.
Recommended“well and i think that's why i recommend it to people continually to read soldier knits in school like archipelago so actually there's a set of books that let lay this out perfectly”
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Demons
Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a profound novel exploring the societal and psychological chaos that erupts when ideological dogmas displace spiritual frameworks.
Recommended“you read dostoevsky's wrote a book called the possessed or the devils and it's a it's a description of the initial breakdown of the of orthodox christian society in in russia in the late 1800s”
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The Road to Wigan Pier
The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell is a classic work of investigative journalism and social commentary documenting the grueling living conditions of working-class coal miners in northern England during the 1930s.
Discussed“and then also by something that george orwell pointed out so nicely in his book road to wigan pier it's like the typical middle class socialist”
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True Identity: The Bible for Women (NIV)
True Identity: The Bible for Women (NIV) by Various Authors serves as a framing text for broader discussions on the cultural, historical, and literary significance of the Bible across multiple podcast episodes.
Discussed“it's a lovely theory that's laid out right at the beginning of the bible that says that if you tell the truth you transform the potential of being into a habitable actuality”
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Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and we're live 12 rules for life so without reading this so what you're saying is there's only 12 things you need to know in life right”
“and we're live 12 rules for life so without reading this”
“that's rule six in the in the in this book so i have a book rule in there says set your house in perfect order before you criticized the world”
“and so one of the things that i've outlined in 12 rules for life is is a theory of meaning because meaning as far as i'm concerned the sense of meaningful engagement is the antidote to malevolence and suffering”
“she had 38 affected joints and she had her hip and her ankle replaced when she was 16. i detailed that out in chapter 12.”
“like when i wrote maps of meaning which was my first book i suspect i rewrote every sentence at least 15 times”
“12 rules for life an antidote to chaos jordan peterson”