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Leading symbol of a disintegration of the right into grievance culture? Controversial psychologist Jordan Petersen is one of those behind the London conference.

Jordan Peterson a no-show at Australian conference after visa fail

The controversial Canadian psychologist beloved by Liberal Party figures couldn’t address his local fans because he didn’t apply for an Australian visa on time.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook

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Jordan Peterson

The ghost of Lady Chatterley's lover protecting today's feeble-minded

Decades after the trial of Penguin Books for publishing Lady Chatterley’s Lover, young employees of the publisher have reassessed censorship and found it newly alluring, opposing the publication of Jordan Peterson's latest offering.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
Jordan Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto.

When a publisher's staff become book burners, culture itself is cancelled

Managers at publishing houses should stare down staff who object to the publication of controversial authors like Jordan Peterson because every 'cancellation' has a chilling effect on intellectual discourse.

  • Julie Szego
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Staff at Penguin Random House in Canada have objected to it publishing the new book by Jordan Peterson.

Publish and be damned. Don't publish and be damned

Is it right for publishers and booksellers to turn their back on certain authors and their books?

  • Jason Steger
Controversial psychologist Jordan Peterson.

Why is Jordan Peterson making headlines again?

The controversial psychologist has a new book coming out and some publishing staff aren't happy.

  • Broede Carmody
Secrets that don't hurt anyone are treated very differently by society to those that do.

The secret lives of us

They’re as natural as breathing – and usually, far more destructive. Start looking into confidences and you realise they rule our lives – both the making and the breaking of them.

  • Shelley Gare
Jordan Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto.

The truth behind Jordan Peterson’s stratospheric success

The intellectual is both philosopher and witch-doctor, constantly lacing reason with voodoo and this is what makes him dangerous.

  • Elizabeth Farrelly

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