Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2021-06-10
Books mentioned on 175. Journalist or Heretic? | Bari Weiss
On this Season 4 Episode 29 of the Jordan Peterson Podcast, Jordan Peterson is joined by Bari Weiss. Bari Weiss is a journalist and author.
Jordan Peterson discussed In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park and others, Animal Farm by George Orwell, and Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Bari Weiss recommended The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium by Martin Gurri, and discussed 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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In Order to Live
In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park and Maryanne Vollers is a harrowing memoir detailing the author's dramatic escape from North Korea and her subsequent journey toward freedom.
Discussed“i spoke with yonmi park about three weeks ago and she wrote in order to live now she wrote in order to live”
Where to get it
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell is a classic allegorical novella that uses a farmyard setting to satirize the corruption of socialist ideals and the rise of totalitarianism following the Russian Revolution.
Discussed“and during that time she read um animal farm by george orwell and that sort of motivated her to write”
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The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium by Martin Gurri is a sociological and political analysis examining how digital technology and the internet have empowered ordinary citizens to challenge traditional institutional authority.
Recommended“i mean because there's no longer what martin gury has called like secret knowledge and for those who haven't read his book the revolt of the public”
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Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a foundational existential novella that explores the depths of human alienation, paradoxical free will, and psychological spite.
Discussed“so dostoevsky said in notes from the underground one of the most insightful passages”
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12 Rules for Life
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B.
Discussed“and i know just from what when i was you know writing about the intellectual dark rabbit webb and reading 12 rules for life i remember sitting at a hotel and a young waiter a man coming up to me saying like that book saved my life”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“barry is a journalist and the author of how to fight anti-semitism which won a 2019 national jewish book award from 2017 to 2020”
“anyways is i wrote a chapter in my last book which is beyond order called abandon ideology and one of the propositions that makes up the argument in that chapter”