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    Walden Two
    Walden Two
    Walden Two
    Audiobook9 hours

    Walden Two

    Written by B.F. Skinner

    Narrated by Robert McCollum

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    From author and psychologist B. F. Skinner, regarded by many as the most important and influential psychologist since Freud, comes "Walden Two". This fictional outline of a modern utopia has been a center of controversy ever since its publication in 1948. Set in the United States, it pictures a society in which human problems are solved by a scientific technology of human conduct. The novel describes an experimental community called "Walden Two", whose members are happy, productive, and creative; their happiness derives from non-nuclear family life; amazingly limited work hours; communal child-raising; free affection; the creation of art, music, and literature; opportunity for games of chess and tennis; and ample rest, food, and sleep. It's a utopia inspired by the experience described in Henry David Thoreau's "Walden", but "with company". Fans of philosophical writers like Ayn Rand or Karl Marx and imagined utopia's like Aldous Huxley's "Island" will enjoy broadening their minds with the challenging ideas described by Skinner in this classic novel.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthor's Republic
    Release dateSep 6, 2016
    ISBN9781518933769
    Walden Two
    Author

    B.F. Skinner

    Burrhus Frederic Skinner was a psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher.

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