Walden Two
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Chapter Book · 1948

Walden Two

By B. F. Skinner

Can science engineer a perfect society?

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320 pages
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In a controversial vision of utopia, society's ills are tackled through scientific control of human behavior. As technology shapes conduct, can true harmony be achieved, or does it mask deeper issues?

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A reprint of the 1976 Macmillan edition.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.

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Format
Paperback
Pages
320
Audience
Adult
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Book details

Publication
Published
July 15, 2005
First published
January 1, 1948
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780872207783

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