Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2020-10-24
Books mentioned on Part One: The Jordan Peterson Episode
Robert is joined by Cody Johnston to discuss Jordan Peterson. FOOTNOTES: https://www.
Robert Evans recommended All Art Is Propaganda by George Orwell, and discussed Maps of Meaning by Jordan B. Peterson, The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell, and New Religions and the Nazis by Karla O. Poewe.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Maps of Meaning
Maps of Meaning by Jordan B.
Discussed“In Maps of Meaning, which is his first book, we'll talk about it later, he remembered his reaction. "Religion was for the ignorant, weak, and superstitious," he wrote. "I stopped attending church and joined the modern world."”
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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“He found Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier, which he read as an undergrad at Grand Prairie, enlightening. Orwell did a political psychological analysis of the motivations of the intellectual tweed-wearing middle-class socialist and concluded that people like that didn't like the poor. They just hated the rich.”
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Homage to Catalonia
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations fighting for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War.
Discussed“You read any of his work like not just his like like that a lot in um uh Homage to Catalonia, but like also like a lot of his essays and book reviews like he wrote a bunch of reviews of Charles Dickens that are fascinating even if you don't like Dickens.”
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All Art Is Propaganda
All Art Is Propaganda by George Orwell is a compelling collection of critical essays that examines literature, politics, and the social responsibilities of writers.
Recommended“There's a good collection of his essays called um All Art is Propaganda. Um and it's just very obvious that he cared deeply and profoundly and understood like working class poor people.”
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces examines the universal structure of comparative mythology and the hero's journey.
Discussed“So, his like Hero with a Thousand Faces, I think is the book. Um kind of winds up inspiring every single Disney movie that's ever been made in your lifetime.”
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New Religions and the Nazis
Discussed“As Karla Po points out in New Religions and the Nazis, 2005, political cultists would typically mix pieces of yoga and Abrahamic religions with popular notions of science or rather pseudoscience such as concepts of race, eugenics, or evolution.”
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