postwar-social-frustration

The narrator's and visitors' shared sense of frustration and depression about the lack of progress in society after the war.

1 chapter across 1 book

Walden Two (1948)B. F.. Skinner

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In this chapter, the narrator recounts a visit from two former students, Rogers and Jamnik, who express their disillusionment with conventional paths and their desire to create a new kind of society based on scientific principles. Rogers articulates a frustration with traditional politics and education, advocating instead for experimental social living to discover what truly makes people happy and how they can coexist peacefully. The conversation reveals the narrator's internal conflict about his past teaching and the limitations of academic research in addressing real social problems.