Living Walden Two: B. F. Skinner's Behaviorist Utopia and Experimental Communities

In Walden Two Behavioral Psychologist B.f. Skinner Describes One Of The Most Controversial Fictional Utopias Of The Twentieth Century. During The 1960s And 70s, This Novel Went On To Inspire Approximately Three Dozen Actual Communities Which Are Examined In Hilke Kuhlmann's Living Walden Two.--jacket. 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. Hilke Kuhlmann. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [235]-240) And Index.