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12:55Now PlayingIs Jordan Peterson a liberal? While often seen as a mouthpiece of the alt-right, Peterson has downplayed this characterization, instead describing himself as a “classical British liberal.” In this video, Conrad Hamilton and Greg Taillon unite to explore how Peterson’s commitment to a politics of civil inclusion conceals—apropos his Jungian influence—a darker, more autarchic underbelly.
Conrad Hamilton is the co-author of two books published by Zero: Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson (with Matt McManus, Ben Burgis and Marion Trejo) and What Is Postmodern Conservatism: Essays on Our Hugely Tremendous Times (with Matt McManus and others). Greg Taillon built the website for the former text—drjordanbpeterson.ca—as well as designed its cover image. Together, they host a weekly show on video games and left-wing philosophy, Zero Plateaus. The contents of this video are derived from the seventh, Hamilton-authored chapter of Myth & Mayhem, “Exoteric and Esoteric, OR The Terrible Intensity of Peterson
Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson
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