Jordan Peterson always makes for interesting watching. Sometimes I don't get much out of his stuff. Jungian analysis isn't that interesting for me.
But, the guy is unexpectedly wise. So even if some of his questions seem a bit....stuffy & dated... often you can get a really interesting tangent out of them. It's sort of like church... :)
His intro question with Douglas Murray this week is whether the loss of societal ability to discuss meta-narrative and meta-narrative value isn't somehow leading to many of the problems the west is now experiencing?
For instance, many progressives are really wanting to talk about foundational racism and systemic patriachies. Obviously the right doesn't. We have competing meta-narratives. And, the narratives aren't talking to each other. At least in the old days, meta-narratives engaged with each other in the parthenon of the gods. I don't think we have that anymore. My old blog series on policy meta-fables deals with this a bit in relation to meta-narrative political value.
The nice tangent from Peterson's idea is whether or not the loss of traditional religion has resulted in people loosing touch with moralized meta-narratives. Hence, they've lost the ability to see and value moral meta-narrative pluralism. It's my way or the highway. Duelling meta-narrative just means I'm giving your ideas too much legitimacy. That's not a good sign with respect to pluralism
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