Books Mentioned in This Episode

Podcast: The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

Episode: The Meaning Crisis: Resolution | Dr. John Vervaeke | EP 482

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.

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Lord of Light

by Roger Zelazny

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"I read a book called Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, which introduced me to Buddhism and Hinduism and the power of myth. It opened me up, and I rejected Christianity."
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Братья Карамазовы

by Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский

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"And maybe we could do that by referring to the Grand Inquisitor in the Brothers Karamazov, as long as we put it together with Notes from Underground, which I just taught for a course. I did a course on literature in the meaning crisis, and so I that you use notes."
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Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

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"You know, I did a course on Moby Dick, Heart of Darkness, Notes from Underground, Death in Venice, and The Plague—all one course. Oh yeah, that's fun."
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Tod in Venedig

by Thomas Mann

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"You know, I did a course on Moby Dick, Heart of Darkness, Notes from Underground, Death in Venice, and The Plague—all one course. Oh yeah, that's fun."
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La Peste

by Albert Camus

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"You know, I did a course on Moby Dick, Heart of Darkness, Notes from Underground, Death in Venice, and The Plague—all one course. Oh yeah, that's fun."