Walden Two

Walden Two is B.F. Skinner’s 1948 utopian novel describing a fictional behaviorist community based on principles of positive reinforcement and behavioral engineering. It is frequently contrasted with works like George Orwell’s 1984 as representing an opposing vision of how power and social control operate in a utopian setting.

Claims that use this term

• Walden Two and 1984, both post-war utopias of opposing power logics, received opposite receptions.
• Walden Two and 1984 are precise opposites, not both totalitarian portraits.