Walden Two

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novel science fiction novel utopian novel

Walden Two is a utopian novel by behaviorist B. F. Skinner that depicts a community engineered through behavioral principles to maximize social harmony and individual well-being.

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Label Occurrences
Walden Two canonical 11
Walden Two community 4
"Walden Two" 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ
utopian novel ⓘ
author B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner) ⓘ
surface form: B. F. Skinner
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
critiques capitalist economic structures ⓘ
conventional family structures ⓘ
traditional notions of free will ⓘ
depicts communal child-rearing ⓘ
labor credits system ⓘ
minimal use of punishment ⓘ
positive reinforcement as social control ⓘ
describes planned community based on behavioral principles ⓘ
featuresCharacter Barbara ⓘ
Frazier ⓘ
Jamnik ⓘ
Mary ⓘ
Professor Burris ⓘ
Rogers ⓘ
genre social science fiction ⓘ
utopian fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation Walden Two stage adaptations ⓘ
hasSetting Walden Two self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Walden Two community
influencedBy B. F. Skinner's operant conditioning theory ⓘ
behaviorism ⓘ
inspired Los Horcones community ⓘ
Twin Oaks Community ⓘ
inspiredBy Walden; or, Life in the Woods ⓘ
surface form: Henry David Thoreau's Walden
language English ⓘ
libraryOfCongressClassification PS3537.K56 W3 ⓘ
literaryMovement behaviorism ⓘ
mainTheme behavioral engineering ⓘ
freedom and control ⓘ
individual well-being ⓘ
social harmony ⓘ
social planning ⓘ
utopian community ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrator Professor Burris ⓘ
oclcNumber 290781 ⓘ
philosophicalPosition determinism ⓘ
proposes technology of behavior ⓘ
publicationYear 1948 ⓘ
publisher Macmillan Publishers ⓘ
relatedWork Beyond Freedom and Dignity ⓘ
Walden Two Revisited ⓘ
setIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
subjectOf critical debates on ethics of behavioral control ⓘ
scholarly analysis in psychology and philosophy ⓘ
titleInspiredBy Walden; or, Life in the Woods ⓘ
surface form: Walden

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B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner) → notableWork → Walden Two ⓘ
subject surface form: B. F. Skinner
Walden Two → hasSetting → Walden Two self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walden Two community
Beyond Freedom and Dignity → relatedWork → Walden Two ⓘ
Jamnik → appearsIn → Walden Two ⓘ
Jamnik → fictionalUniverse → Walden Two ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walden Two community
Los Horcones community → relatedTo → Walden Two ⓘ
Los Horcones community → modeledAfter → Walden Two ⓘ
Walden Two Revisited → follows → Walden Two ⓘ
Walden Two Revisited → literaryPredecessor → Walden Two ⓘ
Twin Oaks Community → foundingInspiration → Walden Two ⓘ
Professor Burris → appearsIn → Walden Two ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Walden Two"
Professor Burris → associatedWith → Walden Two ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walden Two community
Professor Burris → firstPublicationContext → Walden Two ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Walden Two" (1948)
Mary → fictionalUniverse → Walden Two ⓘ
Mary → appearsIn → Walden Two ⓘ
Mary → associatedWith → Walden Two ⓘ
this entity surface form: Utopian community of Walden Two
Mary → partOf → Walden Two ⓘ
this entity surface form: Community of Walden Two
Mary → setIn → Walden Two ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walden Two community
Mary → workTitle → Walden Two ⓘ