Jordan Peterson: Culture warrior or self-help guru?

Is the controversial Canadian clinical psychologist really a culture warrior and far-right bogeyman or simply just another benign and befuddling self-help guru?

Jordan Peterson: Some consider him to be the most influential public intellectual at work today. For others, he is a dangerous enabler of far-right philosophy and hatred. File picture: Don Arnold/WireImage

THE first question put to Jordan Peterson concerned the prospect of a United Ireland following Brexit and the role of something called “Sin Fane”. 

The person channelling the audience questions was his wife, Tammy. She had difficulty pronouncing Sinn Féin, or more likely she’d never heard of them. It was a strange question to ask a clinical psychologist from Canada who has never previously indicated any knowledge of Ireland’s territorial dilemma. Perhaps it was just a reflection of Jordan Peterson’s cult status that somebody really believed he might have the answer to an ancient problem.