The book, which took Peterson 13 years to complete, describes a comprehensive theory for how we construct meaning, represented by the mythical process of the exploratory hero, and provides an interpretation of religious and mythical models of reality presented in a way that is compatible with modern scientific understanding of how the brain works. In 1999, Routledge published Peterson's Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief. Afterwards, he returned to Canada and took up a post as a professor at the University of Toronto. During his time at Harvard, he studied aggression arising from drug and alcohol abuse, and supervised a number of unconventional thesis proposals. His main areas of study are the psychology of religious and ideological belief, and the assessment and improvement of personality and performance.įrom 1993 to 1997, Peterson lived in Arlington, Massachusetts, while teaching and conducting research at Harvard University as an assistant and an associate professor in the psychology department. Jordan Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto.
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