Jordan B. Peterson

Jordan Bernt Peterson (lahir 12 Juni 1962) adalah seorang psikolog Kanada, penulis, dan komentator media. Ia mendapat perhatian luas pada akhir tahun 2010-an karena pandangannya mengenai isu-isu budaya dan politik. Sering digambarkan sebagai konservatif, Peterson mengidentifikasi dirinya sebagai seorang liberal klasik dan tradisionalis. Lahir dan besar di Alberta, ia lulus dari University of Alberta dengan gelar sarjana di bidang ilmu politik dan psikologi dan memperoleh gelar PhD di bidang psikologi klinis dari McGill University. Setelah meneliti dan mengajar di Universitas Harvard, ia kembali ke Kanada pada tahun 1998 dan menjadi profesor psikologi di Universitas Toronto. Pada tahun 1999, ia menerbitkan buku pertamanya, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief, yang menjadi dasar dari banyak kuliahnya berikutnya. Buku ini menggabungkan psikologi, mitologi, agama, sastra, filsafat, dan ilmu saraf untuk menganalisis sistem kepercayaan dan makna. Pada tahun 2016, Peterson merilis serangkaian video di YouTube yang mengkritik usulan undang-undang federal, Bill C-16, yang akan melarang diskriminasi terhadap identitas dan ekspresi gender. Peterson berpendapat bahwa RUU tersebut akan menggunakan kata ganti gender tertentu yang bersifat memaksa, dan menghubungkan argumen ini dengan kritik umum terhadap "kebenaran politik" dan politik identitas, sehingga mendapat liputan media yang signifikan dan menarik dukungan dan kritik. RUU tersebut menjadi undang-undang pada tahun 2017. Peterson telah banyak dikritik oleh para ilmuwan iklim karena menyangkal konsensus ilmiah mengenai perubahan iklim dan memberikan landasan bagi para penyangkal perubahan iklim. Pada tahun 2018, ia menghentikan praktik klinis dan tugas mengajarnya dan menerbitkan buku keduanya, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. Dipromosikan dengan tur dunia, menjadi buku terlaris di beberapa negara. Pada tahun 2019 dan 2020, Peterson mengalami masalah kesehatan terkait ketergantungan benzodiazepin. Pada tahun 2021, ia menerbitkan buku ketiganya, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, mengundurkan diri dari Universitas Toronto, dan kembali ke podcasting. Pada tahun 2022, Peterson menjadi rektor Ralston College yang baru diluncurkan, sebuah perguruan tinggi seni liberal swasta, tidak terakreditasi di Savannah, Georgia, Amerika Serikat. Pada tahun 2025, Peterson menderita sindrom respons inflamasi kronis yang menyebabkan dia dirawat di rumah sakit selama lima bulan. Dipengaruhi oleh masalah kesehatan sejak menjadi terkenal, Peterson berada di bawah perawatan bantuan di kediamannya dan tidak terlibat dalam kehidupan publik sejak Juni 2025. Berbagai ceramah dan percakapannya, yang sebagian besar tersedia di YouTube dan podcast, telah ditonton jutaan kali. Deskripsi di atas dari artikel Wikipedia Jordan Peterson, berlisensi CC-BY-SA, daftar lengkap kontributor di Wikipedia.

Jordan Bernt Peterson (born 12 June 1962) is a Canadian psychologist, author, and media commentator. He received widespread attention in the late 2010s for his views on cultural and political issues. Often described as conservative, Peterson self-identifies as a classical liberal and traditionalist. Born and raised in Alberta, he graduated from the University of Alberta with undergraduate degrees in political science and psychology and earned his PhD in clinical psychology from McGill University. After researching and teaching at Harvard University, he returned to Canada in 1998 and became a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. In 1999, he published his first book, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief, which became the basis for many of his subsequent lectures. The book combined psychology, mythology, religion, literature, philosophy and neuroscience to analyze systems of belief and meaning. In 2016, Peterson released a series of videos on YouTube criticizing a proposed federal law, Bill C-16, that would prohibit discrimination against gender identity and expression. Peterson argued that the bill would make the use of certain gender pronouns compelled speech, and related this argument to a general critique of "political correctness" and identity politics, receiving significant media coverage and attracting both support and criticism. The bill became law in 2017. Peterson has been widely criticized by climate scientists for denying the scientific consensus on climate change and giving a platform to climate-change deniers. In 2018, he paused both his clinical practice and teaching duties and published his second book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. Promoted with a world tour, it became a bestseller in several countries. In 2019 and 2020, Peterson suffered health issues related to benzodiazepine dependence. In 2021, he published his third book, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, resigned from the University of Toronto, and returned to podcasting. In 2022, Peterson became chancellor of the newly launched Ralston College, a private, unaccredited, liberal arts college in Savannah, Georgia, United States. In 2025, Peterson suffered chronic inflammatory response syndrome, causing his hospitalization for five months. Affected by health problems since attaining prominence, Peterson has been under assisted care at his residence and remained out of public life since June 2025. His various lectures and conversations, available mainly on YouTube and podcasts, have garnered millions of views. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jordan Peterson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.