The Canadian psychology professor Jordan Peterson burst into public awareness when he opposed the compulsory use of newfangled genderpronouns. He has since published two bestselling books 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaosampamp160 2018 and Beyond Order 12 More Rules for Lifeampamp160 2021 and has become the leading public intellectual on social media.ampamp10ampamp10Although Peterson has an almost cultlike following and arouses strong passions both for and against there has been very little focused objective criticism of his provocative views on a wide variety of topics the role of religion the alleged need for more value and meaning in the modern world the way young people should conduct their lives the history of Marxism and postmodernism malefemale relations the interpretation of Bible stories the inevitability of hierarchy and inequality and the application of Jungian archetypes.Jordan Peterson Critical Responsesampamp160brings together new and searching criticisms of various specific aspects of Petersons ideas. Though on balance decidedly critical the authors represent a range of different backgrounds and philosophical assumptions and the criticisms are fair and temperate eschewing the personal attacks which have marred many of the pronouncements of Petersonampamp8217s opponents.