Rather it reads as a deeply evidence-based plea for the re-establishment of the classic virtues and of faith in the pursuit of human well-being. Yet 12 Rules for Life: an Antidote to Chaos (2018) does not seem to me to be controversial for the sake of it or written primarily to draw attention to the author. One wonders what a university is for if not for the discussion of opposing views. Peterson is a controversial figure, highlighted in March 2019 when the University of Cambridge withdrew its invitation for him to become a visiting fellow – partly on the grounds that his views were ‘not representative of the student body’.
We might describe him many ways: a research-oriented academic who writes out of clinical practice an egghead who is liked by the TV cameras an intellectual who likes manual work a philosopher who likes thinking well – but largely because it can help people get better. To say that Jordan Peterson is an interesting and paradoxical man is something of an understatement.
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