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Kuhlmann Hilke <1969-> |
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Titolo |
Living Walden Two [[electronic resource] ] : B.F. Skinner's behaviorist utopia and experimental communities / / Hilke Kuhlmann |
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Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-58353-4 |
9786613895981 |
0-252-09165-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Utopias - United States |
Behavior modification - United States |
Communal living - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-240) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Walden Two : a behaviorist utopia -- Behavioral psychology and the design of society -- Skinner's utopian vision and the issue of control -- The road not taken : Skinner, experimental communalism, and token economies -- Sunflower House -- Lake Village -- Walden Three -- The early days of Twin Oaks Community -- The planner manager system -- The communal child care program -- The labor credit system -- The appeal of the labor credit system for the communities -- Movement, or, What communards meant when they said Walden Two -- Why people leave -- Mexican contexts -- Education -- The economic structure -- Leadership and decision-making -- Behaviorism as religion. |
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