Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2023-07-06
Books mentioned on The Humorless Fundamentalists of Social Justice | Andrew Doyle | EP 373
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell is a classic allegorical novella warning against the corruption of socialist ideals and the rise of totalitarianism through the story of farm animals staging a rebellion.
Discussed“It's precisely the reason why when he wrote Animal Farm, he couldn't get it published for so long, because people were horrified by the possibility that left-wing people could be authoritarian.”
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The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins's influential popular science book examines evolution through a gene-centric lens, proposing that natural selection operates primarily at the genetic level rather than the organismal or species level.
Discussed“I tweeted out about Richard Dawkins recently, and I talked to Richard Dawkins, and I actually admire him. I liked his books; they taught me a lot, including some of his essays.”
