📚 6 Books mentioned in "The Marxist Slide from Liberalism | Naomi Wolf | EP 351" of The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

I keep going back to 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions' and 'The Madness of Crowds.'

The book 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds' is briefly mentioned in a discussion about the perceived irrationality of the political left, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It serves as a reference point for understanding crowd behavior and groupthink in relation to the responses to the pandemic.

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I keep going back to 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions' and 'The Madness of Crowds.'

In this segment, the speaker references 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds' to illustrate the perceived irrationality of the political left during the COVID-19 pandemic. The book serves as a parallel to discuss the phenomena of crowd and group think as observed in various pandemic responses.

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There's a fantastic book called 'Racial Hygiene,' and of course, the classic 'The Nazi Doctors' makes this point.

The book 'Racial Hygiene' is referenced during a discussion that examines the connections between Nazi ideology, public health, and the horrific extermination campaigns. It serves to underscore the role of repulsion in political movements.

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Her first book, 'The Beauty Myth,' challenged notions of attraction, arguing that they are societally fabricated.

Dr. Jordan Peterson introduces Naomi Wolf and mentions her first book, 'The Beauty Myth,' which challenges societal notions of attraction.

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When I read The Beauty Myth, which was a long time ago by the way because it was published in 93, I was curious about what you made of the biological markers of beauty and how you think that plays into what you described as the Iron Maiden straitjacket placed on women in terms of the ideal of their sexual self-presentation mission.

During a deeper discussion on the biological aspects of beauty, Dr. Peterson references 'The Beauty Myth.' He reflects on the book's themes and how they relate to women's societal expectations, marking a significant point in the conversation.

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But I will say that now I think that young men, for instance, like a whole phenomenon that I find fascinating—I might find it fascinating as an older woman who's married to a much younger man—but I find it fascinating that when I was writing The Beauty Myth, older women were considered done reproductively or sexually, and now that’s no longer the case.

In this segment, Naomi Wolf discusses her book 'The Beauty Myth,' reflecting on how societal attitudes toward older women have evolved since its publication. She draws attention to the stark contrast between past and present perceptions of older women's sexuality, linking her observations to Dr. Peterson's discussion on evolutionary biology and mating preferences.

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One really wonderful book is The Body Keeps Score about trauma, right?

The book "The Body Keeps the Score" is referenced regarding the impact of trauma on the body. It aligns with Wolf's theory that her personal traumas during childhood influenced her writing.

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But I do think if you're looking for unconscious motivations, my work dating from The End of America, in which I was focused on torture and surveillance, and my more recent work in which I recognized how violent and a coercive society can become definitely arose from my experience of being raped as a child and then molested as a young adult because they're on a continuum, and the body responds to these things the way the body responds to torture and to war, and lots of good science has emerged about that.

Naomi Wolf links her book 'The End of America' and her focus on topics such as torture and surveillance to her personal experience of sexual assault during childhood and young adulthood. This is in response to Dr. Peterson's question about the motivations behind her work.

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There's a fantastic book called 'Racial Hygiene,' and of course, the classic 'The Nazi Doctors' makes this point.

The book 'The Nazi Doctors' is referenced to illustrate points about the Nazi regime's public health policies and their connection to extermination campaigns, highlighting the role of disgust in political ideologies.

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