On 2014-04-11, at 4:00 PM, michael sylvester wrote: > Skinner was suspected of being a commie.Did he ever come under the radar of > the House Un-unAmerican activities Committee?
The society depicted in _Walden II_ was certainly collectivist, if not actually "communist." (If by that word you mean Marxist. There were lots of other communisms before Marx). I can imagine the small minds on HUAC getting nervous about that. > And with some Ukrainians opting to rejoin Russia,wouldn't this illustrative > of > Skinner's idea that we cannot afford freedom? Closer to Erich Fromm's "Escape From Freedom." Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================= --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=36089 or send a blank email to leave-36089-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
