12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

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　　人氣持續上升中的當代思想指標─喬丹‧彼得森Jordan B. Peterson
　　帶來12條當代生活的關鍵法則

　　身為加拿大極知名的心理學家，喬丹‧彼得森不僅任教於多倫多大學，也因為在Youtube頻道上對時事的精闢見解，贏得來自全球的追隨與推崇。面對當前混亂的社會，彼得森發揮自己廣博的知識、並融合執業的案例與個人經歷，成為12條深刻而富有哲理的法則，幫助所有人在其中過上更有意義的人生。

　　從一些簡單的小事情，像是指責他人前先做好自己、不要把過去的自己當成藉口…來到關於幸福與意義的辯證省思。更收入了幽默而讓人驚奇不斷又長知識的種種故事，從龍蝦身上，原來我們可以學習到抬頭挺胸的姿態與成功的秘密；而遠古埃及人，為什麼把觀察入微的能力視為是最高的神性？一場橫跨科學、心理學、哲學各領域的知識之旅，探索自由、法則、冒險與責任──凝結為12條智慧原則──證明面對亂世的解方，就座落在這些根本之處。(文/博客來編譯)

　　What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research.

　　Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street.

　　What does the nervous system of the lowly lobster have to tell us about standing up straight (with our shoulders back) and about success in life? Why did ancient Egyptians worship the capacity to pay careful attention as the highest of gods? What dreadful paths do people tread when they become resentful, arrogant and vengeful? Dr. Peterson journeys broadly, discussing discipline, freedom, adventure and responsibility, distilling the world's wisdom into 12 practical and profound rules for life. 12 Rules for Life shatters the modern commonplaces of science, faith and human nature, while transforming and ennobling the mind and spirit of its readers.

　　Review
　　Praise for Jordan Peterson:

　　“Jordan Peterson is the most important and influential Canadian thinker since Marshall McLuhan. His international fame and impact continue to grow exponentially. Peterson’s bold interdisciplinary synthesis of psychology, anthropology, science, politics and comparative religion is forming the template for the genuinely humanistic university of the future.” —Camille Paglia

　　“Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life hits home—from identifying the deeply engrained hierarchical ladder that motivates our decision making to asking indispensable and sometimes politically unpopular questions about your life and suggesting ways to better it. If that’s not enough, its first twenty pages give a summary of evolutionary psychology that’s breathtaking.” —Howard Bloom, author of The Lucifer Principle

　　“Firm but caring. . . . Peterson speaks the way I always wished my father had. . . . He is the right man at the right time, someone capable of showing young men that cleaning up their room has cosmic significance, and that imposing a little order upon chaos is good for the soul, which in turn is good for the world.”—National Review

　　“One of the most important thinkers to emerge on the world stage for many years.” —The Spectator