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Information Systems

Critical Perspectives

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

AvBernd Carsten Stahl

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Whilst Information Systems has the potential to widen our view of the world, it often has the opposite effect by limiting our ability to interact, facilitating managerial and state surveillance or instituting strict hierarchies and personal control. In this book, Bernd Stahl offers an alternative and critical perspective on the subject, arguing that the ongoing problems in this area could be caused by the misconceptualization of the nature and role of IS. Stahl discusses the question of how IS can be used to actually overcome oppression and promote emancipation, breaking the book into four sections. The first section covers the theory of critical research in IS, giving a central place for the subject of ethics. The second section discusses the philosophical underpinnings of this critical research. The third and largest section gives examples of the application of critical work in IS. The final section then reflects on the approach and suggests ways for further development.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-03-31
Mått156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt660 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Studies in Organization and Systems
Antal sidor264
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780415433785

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Table of ContentsIntroduction Section 1: TheoryCritical Research in Information SystemsTheoretical Discourses: A Comparison of the Foucauldian and Habermasian Concepts of Discourse in CRISEthics, Morality and Critical Research in IS, Emancipation Across Cultural Boundaries: A Fundamental Problem of Critical Research in Information SystemsSection 2: PhilosophyOntology: On Positivism, Realism, and their Relevance for Critical IS ResearchEpistemology: On Information, Knowledge and Truth, Methodology: Is there a Specific Critical Way to Knowledge?Philosophical Syncretism in IS Research: Final Remarks on Ontology, Epistemology and ParadigmsSection 3: ApplicationInformation Systems as Means of (Dis)Empowerment: The Information Society and Decision Support Systems in Local Authorities in EgyptResponsible and Heroic Management of Workplace Privacy: A Critical View of ICT ManagementTrust as Fetish: A Critical Theory Perspective on Research on Trust in E-CommerceThe Ideological Use of Privacy and SecurityThe Metaphor of Evolution in E-Commerce: A Critical EvaluationCommercial Colonization: E-Teaching and E-DemocracySection 4: Reflection(s)Limitations of the Critical Approach, The Future of Critical Research in Information Systems