Walden Two
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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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| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel → utopian novel → |
| author |
B. F. Skinner
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| critiques |
capitalist economic structures
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conventional family structures → traditional notions of free will → |
| depicts |
communal child-rearing
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labor credits system → minimal use of punishment → positive reinforcement as social control → |
| describes |
planned community based on behavioral principles
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| featuresCharacter |
Barbara
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Frazier → Jamnik → Mary → Professor Burris → Rogers → |
| genre |
social science fiction
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utopian fiction → |
| hasAdaptation |
Walden Two stage adaptations
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| hasSetting |
Walden Two community
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| influencedBy |
B. F. Skinner's operant conditioning theory
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behaviorism → |
| inspired |
Los Horcones community
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Twin Oaks Community → |
| inspiredBy |
Henry David Thoreau's Walden
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| language |
English
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| libraryOfCongressClassification |
PS3537.K56 W3
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| literaryMovement |
behaviorism
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| mainTheme |
behavioral engineering
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freedom and control → individual well-being → social harmony → social planning → utopian community → |
| narrativePerspective |
first-person
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| narrator |
Professor Burris
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| oclcNumber |
290781
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| philosophicalPosition |
determinism
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| proposes |
technology of behavior
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| publicationYear |
1948
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| publisher |
Macmillan Publishers
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| relatedWork |
Beyond Freedom and Dignity
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Walden Two Revisited → |
| setIn |
United States
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| subjectOf |
critical debates on ethics of behavioral control
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scholarly analysis in psychology and philosophy → |
| titleInspiredBy |
Walden
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Walden Two
("Walden Two community")
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hasSetting |
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B. F. Skinner
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notableWork |
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Beyond Freedom and Dignity
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relatedWork |