In 2016, Peterson, a hitherto uncelebrated clinical psychologist and professor at the University of Toronto, gained overnight attention following his opposition to Bill C-16 in Canada, which introduced “gender identity and expression” as prohibited grounds of discrimination. The New York Times has described Peterson as a “stately looking, pedigreed voice for a group of culture warriors who are working diligently to undermine mainstream and liberal efforts to promote equality” as well as someone who “eviscerates identity politics and political correctness, and.delivers stern fatherly lectures to young men on how to be honorable, upright, and self-disciplined”. Rs 482 (paperback).ĭepending on who you ask, you can get any of the following answers: the most influential public intellectual of his generation, an argumentative misogynist, a YouTube philosopher who has revitalised the concept of manhood, or a maxim-spouting ideologue who cannot stand Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, and Michel Foucault.
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