Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2025-05-05
Jordan Peterson & James Lindsay: books mentioned on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast #544
544. When the Right Goes Too Far | Dr. James Lindsay
Is the radical right becoming the very thing it hates? Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with Dr. James Lindsay to unpack the rise of the "Woke Right"—a faction of online reactionaries using the same tactics of victimhood, outrage mobs, and cult-like behavior once exclusive to the radical left.
James Lindsay discussed Political Ponerology (A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes) by Andrzej M. Lobaczewski, Abuse of language, abuse of power by Josef Pieper, and The Postmodern Condition by Jean-François Lyotard.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Political Ponerology (A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes)
Discussed“I had read that infamous quirky but I think important book political ponerology Yes um is that Lubachsky or something like this is that name that the author and um I had read that and found it striking and at the same time almost I think sometimes you know a chapter here a chapter there”
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Abuse of language, abuse of power
Discussed“I read a very I think one of the most important essays in English which is Joseph Peeper's uh abuse of language abuse of power I don't know if you've heard of this Joseph Peeper was a Catholic and he had some he wrote this I don't know what else he did honestly I should probably look into it but”
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The Postmodern Condition
Discussed“I had been reading liotard the the postmodern condition Um and he has this very confusing se they're all very confusing sections throughout the whole book”
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