Social theory and philosophy for information systems
By: edited by John Mingers, Leslie Willcocks
Contributors: Mingers, John; Willcocks, Leslie
Series: John Wiley series in information systems
Publisher: J. Wiley
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, England; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
Subjects: Information technology -- Social aspects; Information technology -- Philosophy; Information science -- Social aspects; Information science -- Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Thinking about social theory and philosophy for information systems / Allen S. Lee; title: Fit for function : functionalism, neofunctionalism and information systems / M. Lynne Markus; title: Phenomenology, screens, and the world : a journey with Husserl and Heidegger into phenomenology / Lucas D. Introna and Fernando M. Ilharco; title: Hermeneutics in information systems research / Michael D. Myers; title: Adorno; title: a critical theory for IS research / Stephen K. Probert; title: The critical social theory of Jürgen Habermas and its implications for IS research / Heinz K. Klein and Minh Q. Huynh; title: Foucault, power/knowledge, and information systems : reconstructing the present / Leslie P. Willcocks; title: Structuration theory and information systems : a critical reappraisal / Matthew Jones, Wanda Orlikowski, and Kamal Munir; title: What we may learn from the social shaping of technology approach / Debra Howcroft, Nathalie Mitev, and Melanie Wilson; title: Re-establishing the real : critical realism and information systems / John Mingers; title: Complexity and information systems / Yasmin Merali