Rating: ****
Tags: Psychology, Social Psychology, Movements, Behaviorism, General, Lang:en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Added: March 28, 2020
Modified: November 5, 2021
Summary
A reprint of the 1976 Macmillan edition. This fictional
outline of a modern Utopia has been a centre 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. FROM THE PREFACE: It
is now widely recognised that great changes must be made in
the American way of life. Not only can we not face the rest
of the world while consuming and polluting as we do, we
cannot for long face ourselves while acknowledging the
violence and chaos in which we live. The choice is clear:
either we do nothing and allow a miserable and probably
catastrophic future to overtake us, or we use our knowledge
about human behaviour to create a social environment in which
we shall live productive and creative lives and do so without
jeopardising the chances that those who follow us will be
able to do the same. Something like a Walden Two would not be
a bad start. **