As Information Systems (IS) matures as a discipline, there is increased consideration and analysis of alternative theories, methodologies, and philosophies. Collecting major social theorists and philosophers into one volume, this book provides a historical and critical analysis of each that is authoritiative. The result is an insightful text that provides an up-to-date starting point for those considering alternative approaches.
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Social Theory and Philosophy for Information Systems
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Social Theory and Philosophy for Information Systems
About this book
Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Series Preface
- Preface
- 1 Thinking about Social Theory and Philosophy for Information Systems
- 2 Fit for Function: Functionalism, Neofunctionalism and Information Systems
- 3 Phenomenology, Screens, and the World: A Journey with Husserl and Heidegger into Phenomenology
- 4 Hermeneutics in Information Systems Research
- 5 Adorno: A Critical Theory for IS Research
- 6 The Critical Social Theory of Jürgen Habermas and its Implications for IS Research
- 7 Foucault, Power/Knowledge and Information Systems: Reconstructing the Present
- 8 Structuration Theory and Information Systems: A Critical Reappraisal
- 9 What We May Learn from the Social Shaping of Technology Approach
- 10 Re-establishing the Real: Critical Realism and Information Systems
- 11 Complexity and Information Systems
- Index
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