Living Walden Two : B.F. Skinner's behaviorist utopia and experimental communities / / Hilke Kuhlmann

• Autore: Kuhlmann Hilke <1969->
• 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II