Maps of Meaning

An academic inquiry into the psychological significance of "grand narratives" and why many people see world events as such. Myths, Bible stories, and historical events--specifically World War II, the atrocities that occurred at Auschwitz, and the Cold War--get analyzed with a little help from Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell alongside others.

Found it pretty decent. Not familiar enough with portions of the research materials to give it a thorough grilling.

Wish the transitions from quotation to Peterson's thesis were defined more clearly, similar to how Dawkins does it in The Selfish Gene. Aside from that, Maps of Meaning was alright.

This book is a powerhouse and frankly, I'm annoyed at myself that it has taken until now to read it. The thoughts and reasoning here are extremely dense, but simultaneously elucidated in a manner that is exceptionally clear. With that being said, Peterson spent a good part of his life working on committing it to paper - it's going to take me a good deal more than one read through to absorb.

I see this work as a master work of modern times & from herein will be attempting to incorporate as much of the framework of knowledge herein into my own maps, and the knowledge I create.