JORDAN PETERSON ON HITLER'S IDEOLOGY 
 (Richard Koenigsberg)

I'm not conversant with Jordan Peterson's political ideology. However, he does a wonderful job (in one of his classes) explicating the central methodology--and some of the ideas--in my book, Hitler's Ideology.

Clicking the link just below takes you to the YouTube video in which he discusses Hitler's Ideology. He presents and reads Tables directly from my book (from about 1:08.52 on the video-tape to 1:12.01).

https://www.voicetube.com/videos/116103?ref=definition

The Video is from Peterson's class: 2017 Personality 20: Biology & Traits: Orderliness/Disgust/Consciousness

Hitler's Ideology

Information on purchasing the eBook is here.

Peterson's analysis correctly notes that Hitler's "essential metaphor was that of the nation as a body, a pure Ayran body being assaulted by parasites that subjected the body to disease and decay." He says that this "fundamental metaphor" was "at the bottom of Hitler's message."

Yes, it all began with Hitler's metaphor of the Jew as a disease within the body politic. How this idea came to be enacted to create reality: this is the history of Nazi Germany (told by the greatest historians). Why this metaphor resonated--came to be embraced and enacted--this is the psychological or anthropological question that I pose.

With regards,

Richard Koenigsberg

PS: This metaphor of certain classes of people as diseases within the body politic is the starting point of most genocidal movements (a certain kind of "social movement)." The template of a "disease within the body politic" accompanies many forms of nationalism.

It's happening today--when certain kinds of human beings are described as "infestations" threatening to weaken the nation and cause it to become diseased. These "social movements" (Diane Dentice) begin in the minds of leaders who convey their own desires and fantasies through metaphorical statements contained in speeches and other public utterances.

Then somehow, these fantasies (miraculously) come to be embraced by a substantial number of people within a given population. "That's how heartaches are made."