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Autore: |
Kuhlmann Hilke <1969->
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Titolo: |
Living Walden Two : B.F. Skinner's behaviorist utopia and experimental communities / / Hilke Kuhlmann
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Pubblicazione: | Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2005 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (265 pages) |
Disciplina: | 307.77/0973 |
Soggetto topico: | Utopias - United States |
Behavior modification - United States | |
Communal living - United States | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-240) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Living Walden Two ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-283-58353-4 |
9786613895981 | |
0-252-09165-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910812948003321 |
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