03045nam 2200625Ia 450 991081294800332120200520144314.01-283-58353-497866138959810-252-09165-5(CKB)2670000000241157(EBL)3414018(SSID)ssj0000738201(PQKBManifestationID)11974243(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000738201(PQKBWorkID)10792996(PQKB)11051680(MiAaPQ)EBC3414018(OCoLC)1097162446(OCoLC)811409117(OCoLC)923494908(OCoLC)961518274(OCoLC)962619550(OCoLC)975743918(OCoLC)1018024651(OCoLC)1044656645(OCoLC)1045380878(OCoLC)1048349233(OCoLC)1058777430(OCoLC)1058793535(OCoLC)1076713036(OCoLC)1081296412(OCoLC)1086959697(OCoLC)1153491634(OCoLC)on1097162446(MdBmJHUP)muse23876(Au-PeEL)EBL3414018(CaPaEBR)ebr10593690(CaONFJC)MIL389598(OCoLC)923494908(EXLCZ)99267000000024115720040827d2005 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLiving Walden Two B.F. Skinner's behaviorist utopia and experimental communities /Hilke Kuhlmann1st ed.Urbana University of Illinois Pressc20051 online resource (265 pages)0-252-02962-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-240) and index.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.Describes one of the most controversial fictional utopias of the twentieth century. This book explores the dynamics of the communities, with an examination of the two surviving Skinnerian communities: Comunidad Los Horcones in Mexico, and Twin Oaks in Virginia.UtopiasUnited StatesBehavior modificationUnited StatesCommunal livingUnited StatesUtopiasBehavior modificationCommunal living307.77/0973Kuhlmann Hilke1969-1620071MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812948003321Living Walden Two3952660UNINA