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ALT-RIGHT CHARLATAN: Jordan Peterson
[PIC Gage Skidmore/Wikipedia]
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Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson
by Ben Burgis, Conrad Hamilton, Matthew McManus and Marion Trejo
(Zer0 Books, £14.99)
JORDAN PETERSON is the Canadian so-called intellectual guru of the alt-right, whose 12 Rules for Life, a self-help primer with a conservative subtext, has sold over three million copies.
In this response to his significant influence, four leftist US intellectuals provide an overview of Peterson’s work, an analysis of his strictures on the left and, in a final section, discuss Peterson on “feminism and reason.”
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