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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

130. Maps of Meaning 2: Marionettes & Individuals (Part 1)

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Education, Science, Society & Culture

4.634.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2020

⏱️ 145 minutes

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Here is the second episode in a 12 part series that could only be found on youtube until now! In this lecture, I begin using a particular piece of dramatic art -- the Disney film Pinocchio -- to provide a specific example of the manner in which great mythological or archetypal themes inform and permeate narrative.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Season 3, Episode 17 of the Jordan B Peterson Podcast.

0:08.5

I'm Westwood One Podcast Networks, Joey Salvia, and I help produce this series.

0:14.0

We're honored that you've subscribed and downloaded the Jordan B Peterson Podcast, and

0:18.4

we thank you for joining us for part 2 of these 2017 lectures based on the doctor's

0:24.0

book, Maps of Meaning, the Architecture of Belief.

0:27.8

This week, we present part 1 of a three-part lecture called Marianette's and Individuals.

0:33.6

A personal favorite Dr. Peterson theme of mine based on one of the all-time classic Disney

0:38.6

films, Penelchio.

0:41.0

And so, without further ado, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson.

0:47.2

So I'm going to briefly review some of what I told you last time, and then I'm going to walk

0:53.5

through, as I mentioned, I'm going to walk through the Disney film, Penelchio, and which

0:59.6

I presume most of you have seen, how many of you have seen it?

1:04.1

Yeah, okay.

1:05.3

That's...

1:06.3

So as I think I mentioned, that's something in and of itself, right?

1:09.3

I mean, the fact that you've all seen it means that it's a production of cultural significance,

1:14.4

and because it's such a strange artifact, that's one way of looking at it.

1:18.4

It might be worth trying to take it apart to understand why it is, for example, that

1:23.3

you even understand it.

1:25.6

And so I offered you the proposition last week that we view the world essentially through

1:31.9

a narrative lens, and I believe that we view the world through a narrative lens because

1:36.8

of the fundamental problem that we have to solve as living creatures is how we should act

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