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



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Autore: Kuhlmann Hilke <1969-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Living Walden Two : B.F. Skinner's behaviorist utopia and experimental communities / / Hilke Kuhlmann Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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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