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Author:	B. F. Skinner
Title:	Walden Two
Publisher:	Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc
Country:	USA
Date:	1976
Format:	Paperback
Class Number:	813.54
Genre:	Fiction, Society, Science Fiction
ISBN-10:	0024115118
Cat#:	41151
First Published:	1948
Rating:	Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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301 pages.

Including "Walden Two Revisited," a new commentary by Skinner, B. F. (Burrhus Frederic), 1904-1990, on the relevance of his novel 28 years after publication.

Collier Macmillan Publishers, London
Collier Macmillan Canada, Ltd.

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ppint. ● 9th Oct 2020		Review intended by skinner as a realisation in fiction of the utopia that would result from a society built and run upon the principles of his pet theory of ''operant conditioning'' - the raising of babies, children and young adults ''purely'' by systematically rewarding behaviour desired by their parents & societies' leaders, and by strictly punishing behaviour not desired by them - he succeeded in producing a frightening warning° of the dystopia that would arise in any regimented society so rigorously controlled by such means, and without any humane principles or ''moral philosophy'' underlying, to temper the excesses of the rule of this presumed infallible rod of iron - ° - albeit, completely inadvertently. . . 7 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



ppint. ● 9th Oct 2020		also published by macmillan publishing company in h/cvr, isbn 0-02-411521-5.

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