12 Rules for Life : an antidate to chaos: A guide to meaning in the modern world
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Jordan Peterson’s 2018 international bestseller 12 Rules for Life is one of the most talked-about nonfiction books of recent years. It takes as its starting point Peterson’s belief that, by rejecting tradition and mythology, modern Western society is missing out on much wisdom that could give meaning to life. His book is an antithesis to the emptiness of much contemporary thought, with a series of 12 concrete, clearly articulated principles that have the power to increase our sense of responsibility for our own lives and enable us to find a sense of purpose in an increasingly chaotic world. With millions of copies sold to date and translations into numerous languages, the book’s message has resonated with readers around the world and cemented Peterson’s position as one of the West’s leading public intellectuals.
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12 Rules for Life - 50Minutes
A GUIDE TO CONSCIOUS NAVIGATION OF THE KNOWN (ORDER) SO YOUR LIFE CAN BENEFIT FROM THE POSITIVE UNKNOWN (CREATIVITY AND EXPLORATION) AND ENDURE THE ONSLAUGHT OF CHAOS THAT WOULD UNNECESSARILY INCREASE SUFFERING IN THIS WORLD
12 Rules for Life seeks to draw on millennia of gathered wisdom conveyed through the drama of mythology and the unavoidable instincts of eons of evolution to promote the minimisation of unnecessary suffering in life. In an academic landscape dominated by post-modernism and niche Marxism, Peterson seeks to rearticulate wisdom for life that appreciates, rather than rejects, the insight humanity encoded in its myths. Taoism symbolises the balance of order and chaos in the yin and yang symbol, each side showing the emergence of its opposite within itself. Consciousness navigates and mediates these opposing forces for an optimal life.
KEY INFORMATION
Reference edition: Peterson, J. B. (2018) 12 Rules for Life. London: Penguin Random House.
1stedition: 2018
Author: Jordan B. Peterson (clinical psychologist and professor of psychology, b. 1962)
Fields: self-help, psychology
Key words:
Order: the realm of the known, familiar, and dependable. Order is the predictable and established track on which the train of life progresses. An excess of order oppressively excludes what is other
for the sake of uniform identity. It is allegorically considered a masculine entity.
Chaos: an experience of ignorance. It is anything new and unexplored. As unrestrained liberty, it can either quicken creativity or instead crush your soul as it redefines your