Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

This page represents my continual efforts to compile Dr. Jordan B. Peterson’s idea through his articles, films, documentaries, videos, podcasts, and interviews. Most of his work is available on YouTube (YT). My reference style isn’t standard on this page as should be obvious. Regardless, if it isn’t available on YT I will denote it. The YT videos will have their video length listed as well. Note that for some of the video titles I have slightly tweaked them to make more sense. If something interests you, a quick search online should show you what I’m referencing.

Books | ~ 1,400 Pages

Peterson has published the below books. He is currently writing a fourth to my knowledge. Several people have written books attempting to summarize his views, but I have omitted them.

“Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief” (First Edition) Routledge (24 Mar 1999) | 564 Pages
“12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos” (Later Print Edition) Random House Canada (23 Jan 2018) | 409 Pages
“Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life” Portfolio (2 Mar 2021) | 432 Pages

Documentaries | ~ 3.5 Hours

Not many documentaries have been made of Peterson, rather he has been a small portion of others on modern culture and politics. Below are the main ones you can readily find online.

Gravitas Documentaries “The Rise of Jordan Peterson” (21 Jun 2022) | 1:30:41
Rebel Wisdom “Jordan Peterson: Truth in the Time of Chaos” (4 Jan 2018) | 49:59
Rebel Wisdom “A Glitch in the Matrix - Jordan Peterson, the Intellectual Dark Web & the Mainstream Media” (15 Feb 2018) | 54:14

Maps of Meaning Lecture Series (2015 - 2017) | ~ 28 Hours

Peterson has three versions of this series from 2015, 2016, and 2017. The below titles will focus on the 2017 series version.

“Lecture 1 - Context & Background” 2:31:27
“Lecture 2 - Marionettes & Individuals (Part 1)” 2:23:34
“Lecture 3 - Marionettes & Individuals (Part 2)” 2:26:56
“Lecture 4 - Marionettes & Individuals (Part 3)” 1:45:26
“Lecture 5 - Story & Metastory (Part 1)” 2:22:29
“Lecture 6 - Story & Metastory (Part 2)” 2:27:27
“Lecture 7 - Images of Story & Metastory” 2:11:51
“Lecture 8 - Neuropsychology of Symbolic Representation” 2:21:22
“Lecture 9 - Patterns of Symbolic Representation” 2:16:50
“Lecture 10 - Genesis and the Buddha” 2:18:45
“Lecture 11 - The Flood and the Tower” 2:32:24
“Lecture 12 - The Divinity of the Individual” 2:25:56

Genesis Lecture Series (2018) | ~ 39 Hours

One of Peterson’s biggest feats is examining the book of Genesis from a psychological point of view. Below is the 2018 lecture series.

“Lecture I - Introduction to the Idea of God” 2:38:28
“Lecture II - Chaos & Order” 2:32:33
“Lecture III - God and the Hierarchy of Authority” 2:40:53
“Lecture IV - Adam and Eve: Self-Consciousness, Evil, and Death” 2:32:47
“Lecture V - Cain and Abel: The Hostile Brothers” 2:31:28
“Lecture VI - The Psychology of the Flood” 2:35:58
“Lecture VII - Walking with God: Noah and the Flood” 2:32:21
“Lecture VIII - The Phenomenology of the Divine” 2:40:46
“Lecture IX - The Call to Abraham” 2:35:14
“Lecture X - Abraham: Father of Nations” 2:28:21
“Lecture XI - Sodom and Gomorrah” 2:31:00
“Lecture XII - The Great Sacrifice: Abraham and Isaac” 2:33:32
“Lecture XIII - Jacob's Ladder” 2:33:58
“Lecture XIV - Jacob: Wrestling with God” 2:32:09
“Lecture XV - Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors” 2:44:24

Personality Lectures (2014 - 2017) | ~ 27 Hours

Peterson has four versions of this series from 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. The below titles will focus on the 2017 series version.

“Lecture 1 - Introduction” 54:03
“Lecture 2 & 3 - Historical & Mythological Context” 2:18:33
“Lecture 4 & 5 - Heroic & Shamanic Initiations” 2:37:35
“Lecture 6 - Jean Piaget & Constructivism” 1:45:26
“Lecture 7 - Carl Jung and the Lion King (Part 1)” 54:03
“Lecture 8 - Carl Jung and the Lion King (Part 2)” 1:44:25
“Lecture 9 - Freud and the Dynamic Unconscious” 48:22
“Lecture 10 - Humanism & Phenomenology: Carl Rogers” 50:10
“Lecture 11 - Existentialism: Nietzsche Dostoevsky & Kierkegaard” 1:34:31
“Lecture 12 - Heidegger, Binswanger, & Boss (Phenomenology)” 46:33
“Lecture 13 - Existentialism via Solzhenitsyn and the Gulag” 1:41:04
“Lecture 14 - Introduction to Traits, Psychometrics, & the Big 5” 49:37
“Lecture 15 - Biology & Traits: The Limbic System” 1:18:58
“Lecture 16 - Biology & Traits: Incentive Reward & Neuroticism” 1:13:38
“Lecture 17 - Biology & Traits: Agreeableness” 49:26
“Lecture 18 - Biology & Traits: Openness, Intelligence, & Creativity (Part I)” 1:45:50
“Lecture 19 - Biology & Traits: Openness, Intelligence, & Creativity (Part II)” 48:58
“Lecture 20 - Biology & Traits: Orderliness, Disgust, & Conscientiousness” 1:34:33
“Lecture 21 - Biology & Traits: Performance Prediction” 1:28:31
“Lecture 22 - Conclusion: Psychology & Belief” 1:08:29

Selected Interviews

Numerous people have interviewed Peterson. Below are a select few that I think shine above the rest.

VPRO Documentaries “Jordan Peterson” (15 Sept 2020) | 2:11:53
The Telegraph “Jordan Peterson: The Radical Left is Guilt-Tripping the West Into Oblivion” (14 Jul 2023) | 1:26:00
Intelligence Squared “Jordan Peterson on Gender, Patriarchy and the Slide Towards Tyranny” (24 May 2018) | 59:24
The Diary of A CEO “Jordan Peterson: Stop Lying to Yourself” (23 Nov 2023) | 1:30:11
The Aspen Institute “Jordan Peterson: From the Barricades of the Culture Wars” (27 Jun 2018) | 1:32:02
Room for Discussion “Jordan Peterson” (7 Nov 2018) | 1:27:12
TVO Today “Genders, Rights and Freedom of Speech” (26 Oct 2016) | 54:58
Hillsdale College “Psychology, Sexuality, and the AI Revolution” (19 Jun 2023) | 1:02:54
Skavlan “Jordan Peterson” (29 Oct 2018) | 38:39
British GQ “Jordan Peterson” (30 Oct 2018) | 1:42:13
Piers Morgan Uncensored “Jordan Peterson” (27 Sept 2022) | 1:04:20
Chris Williamson “Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs” (27 Nov 2023) | 3:23:32
Chris Williamson “Jordan Peterson - The Keys to Growth, Emotional Resilience & Finding Purpose” (17 Feb 2022) | 2:09:25
Rebel Wisdom “Part 1 - Mysticism, Spirit and the Shadow” (3 Jan 2018) | 33:29
Rebel Wisdom “Part 2 - Masculinity” (26 Jan 2018) | 32:55
Doctor Oz “Jordan Peterson” (20 Sept 2020) | 5:59:14
Channel 4 News “Jordan Peterson - Gender Pay Gap, Campus Protests and Postmodernism” (16 Jan 2018) | 29:55
NZ Herald “Jordan Peterson” (22 Feb 2019) | 34:11
John Stossel “Jordan Peterson” (9 Nov 2021) | 30:10
Dailwire+ “Jordan Peterson” (6 May 2018) | 59:24
Hoover Institution “The Importance of Being Ethical, with Jordan Peterson” (29 Apr 2022) |1:02:52
Lex Fridman “EP 313 | Jordan Peterson: Life, Death, Power, Fame, and Meaning” (19 Aug 2022) | 3:03:32
Jocko Podcast “EP 98 | Jordan Peterson - Dangerous But Disciplined” (1 Nov 2017) | 3:43:23
Jocko Podcast “EP 112 | Jordan Peterson - Life is Hard” (1 7 Feb 2018) | 2:10:37
Powerful JRE “Joe Rogan Experience #1070 - Jordan Peterson” (30 Jan 2018) | 2:28:52
Powerful JRE “Joe Rogan Experience #1139 - Jordan Peterson” (2 Jul 2018) | 3:20:21
Powerful JRE “Joe Rogan Experience #1208 - Jordan Peterson” (29 Nov 2018) | 2:55:03

Selected Public Speaking Events

Numerous people and groups have invited Peterson to their public speaking event. Below are a select few that I think shine above the rest.

“Apprehending the Transcendent” (14 Dec 2018) | 1:31:46
“The Meaning and Reality of Individual Sovereignty” (28 Jul 2019) | 1:25:58
Truth Speak “Jordan Peterson: Freedom of Speech or Political Correctness?” (23 Nov 2020) | 50:28
National Gallery of Canada “Exploring the Psychology of Creativity” (27 Apr 2017) | 50:40
The Aspen Institute “Jordan Peterson: From the Barricades of the Culture Wars” (27 Jun 2018) | 1:32:02
Oxford Union “Jordan Peterson” (24 Jun 2018) | 1:15:49
Cambridge Union “Jordan Peterson” (27 Nov 2021) | 1:15:07
Idea City “Jordan Peterson | Political Correctness and Postmodernism” (12 Sept 2017) | 27:51
John Anderson “Jordan Peterson & Dave Rubin” (22 Feb 2019) | 1:39:10
The Heritage Foundation “Peterson On The Impact Of the Radical Left” (4 Apr 2019) | 45:59
Alliance for Responsible Citizenship “Sexual Revolution | Louise Perry, Jordan Peterson, Mary Harrington, Stephen Blackwood” (31 Oct 2023) | 21:31
Alliance for Responsible Citizenship “What is the West? | Jordan Peterson, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, John Anderson, Os Guinness” (30 Oct 2023) | 49:29

Selected Debates

Numerous people have debated Peterson. Here is a selection of them worthy of watching IMO.

Premier Unbelievable? “Jordan Peterson vs Susan Blackmore | Do We Need God to Make Sense of Life?” (8 Jun 2018) | 47:00
Manufacturing Intellect “Slavoj Zizek vs Jordan Peterson” (26 Apr 2019) | 2:38:15
Pangburn “The Greatest God Debate In History | Jordan Peterson vs Matt Dillahunty” (26 Aug 2023) | 1:39:51
“Munk Debate - Political Correctness” (20 Mar 2018) | 2:04:25

Sam Harris

Sam Harris has always been a strange figure somewhat opposed to Peterson during his rise to fame. They have some shared ideas, but he has acted as a rival in some sense. Regardless, below you’ll find his debates with him and his blogs responding more in depth to them. Harris has acted probably as one of Peterson’s biggest, public philosophical challenges even if they are somewhat aligned.

Pangburn “Sam Harris vs Jordan Peterson (Part I)” (31 Aug 2018) 2:06:37
Pangburn “Sam Harris vs Jordan Peterson (Part II)” (31 Aug 2018) 2:16:28
Pangburn “Sam Harris vs Jordan Peterson (Part III)” (13 Sept 2018) 1:58:29
Pangburn “Sam Harris vs Jordan Peterson (Part IV)” (13 Sept 2018) 1:56:27
“Facts and Values/Science and Religion: Notes on the Sam Harris Discussions (Part I)” Personal Blog (13 Jul 2018)
“Facts from Values? Not Without an intermediary: Notes on the Sam Harris Discussions (Part II)” Personal Blog (25 May 2018)
“On Facts, Values, Rationality and Stories: Part III of Response to Harris” Personal Blog (18 Sept 2018)

Conservatism | ~ 3.5 Hours

Peterson has become gladly accepted by the contemporary right, especially the Conservative media. In response he made a couple videos for how to “help” their modern narrative. The last video is probably the best of the three.

Communism

It is no surprise to anyone familiar with Peterson that he loathes, detests, and reviles Communism. Below you’ll find his critiques of it.

“Jordan Peterson’s Critique of the Communist Manifesto” (17 Apr 2021) | 29:40

Freedom of Speech

This topic is probably the second most prominent thing that Peterson is known for. He has some spicy things to say to put it mildly.

“The Queen's University Talk: The Rising Tide of Compelled Speech” (11 Mar 2018) | 1:46:20
“Why Free Speech is the Antidote to Ignorance and Corruption” (31 Mar 2022) | 26:55
“Freedom Of Speech and Political Correctness” (3 Mar 2017) | 52:07
“This Is Why We Must Protect Freedom of Speech” (27 Oct 2023) | 10:46
“Freedom of Speech: Not Just Another Value” (23 Jul 2017) | 1:45:51
“An Incendiary Discussion at Ryerson U” (2 Mar 2017) | 1:51:30
“On the Vital Necessity of Free Speech” (20 Aug 2018) | 30:51
“Why Free Speech is the Antidote to Ignorance and Corruption” (31 Mar 2022) | 26:55

Identity Politics

Just like with Communism, Identity Politics is something Peterson is opposed to. More specifically the D.I.E. Agenda (diversity, inclusivity, and equity). Below you’ll find his blog posts on it and some videos discussing his thoughts.

Sovereign Nations. “Identity Politics & The Marxist Lie of White Privilege” (30 Jan 2018) | 1:11:12
“Equity: When the Left Goes Too Far” Personal Blog (15 May 2019)
“The Great Ideological Lie of Diversity” Personal Blog (18 Nov 2019)
“On the Psychological and Social Significance of Identity” Personal Blog (24 Jun 2019)

Modernism & Marxism

Peterson’s buzzwords are probably Neo-Marxist and Post-Modernist, but for a good reason. He has outlined his various faults with them below.

“Postmodern NeoMarxism: Diagnosis and Cure” (9 Jul 2017) | 33:19
“Postmodernism: How and Why it Must be Fought” (5 Jun 2017) | 12:00
“Postmodernism & the Mask of Compassion” (22 May 2017) | 1:03:04
“Strengthen the Individual: A Counterpoint to Post Modern Political Correctness (14 Mar 2017) | 1:13:40
SFS York “Jordan Peterson | Post-Modernism vs. Modernism at the Toronto Action Forum” (5 Feb 2017) | 40:56

On His Belief in God

Peterson has been asked by many if he’s religious, believes in God, is Christian etc. He really doesn’t like this question mainly for technical, linguistic reasons. Outlined below are his responses.

“Who Dares Say He Believes in God?” (8 Jun 2019) | 1:43:32
“On Claiming Belief in God: Commentary” (8 Jun 2019) | 17:41
PragerU “Jordan Peterson and Dennis Prager at the 2019 PragerU Summit” (23 May 2019) | 53:40