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

Author/creator Kuhlmann, Hilke, 1969-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, [2005]
Description1 online resource
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Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references pages ([235]-240) and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Living Walden Two 0252029623 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019718590
ISBN9780252091650 epub
ISBNhardcover : alk. paper