Jordan B. Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist, professor, and author. He is best known for his self-help book 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, which became an international bestseller. Peterson is also a popular public speaker, and his lectures and interviews have been viewed millions of times online. He is a vocal critic of postmodernism and identity politics, and has been described as a "cultural libertarian". Peterson has been a professor at the University of Toronto since 1998, and is the author of several other books, including Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief and Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life. He has also published numerous academic papers on topics such as the psychology of religious and ideological belief, the psychology of personality, and the assessment and improvement of personality and performance. Peterson has been praised for his ability to explain complex topics in an accessible way, and for his willingness to engage in public debates on controversial topics.