Peterson vows to take the case to the Supreme Court if needed, but if his appeal is dismissed, he’d attend the course and broadcast it in the name of free speech.
If we each operate as insulated, atomic individuals, with our own private concepts of human flourishing, then the great work of civilisation-building is impossible.
In his book The Disappearance of Rituals, Korean-German philosopher Byun-Chul Han presents a genealogy of the disappearance of rituals and its catastrophic effects on society.
“The powerful players in the world are increasingly collaborating to impose a top-down vision of the future on everyone,” Peterson says. His initiative aims to put humanity in the center once again.
Peterson’s enemies try to silence him: the latest attempt comes from the Ontario College of Psychologists, who have ordered him to undergo social media ‘re-education,’ or risk suspension of his licence to practice as a clinical psychologist.
Our age is defined not by conversationalists seeking truth together through meaningful debate and discussion. Rather, it is dominated by slurs, slogans, and political catchphrases.
Spengler Society, Peterson “fights for holding on to the very own basic values of our civilization,” which makes his work “increasingly compatible and complementary to that of Spengler.”
