Why You Need to Read Dostoyevsky - Prof. Jordan Peterson

Psychology professor Jordan B. Peterson highly recommends the works of Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881) and discusses the classic novel “Crime and Punishment”. This clip is only a small excerpt of Jordan Peterson’s lecture “2017 Personality 04 05 Heroic and Shamanic Initiations” held at the University of Toronto. You can watch it entirely here: If you - by chance - would like to get started with Dostoyevsky, here are some useful links. Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Amazon page: (US) (UK) (CA) Crime and Punishment: (US) (UK) (CA) You may also be interested to know that Dr. Peterson’s book “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos” is finally available. You can find it here: (US) (UK) (CA) Don’t miss out on his best selling first book “Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief” which much of his lecture material is based on: (US) (UK) (CA) The above are Amazon affiliate links. Please visit for categorized clips and more Jordan B. Peterson related content!