Description
Book SynopsisAs Information Systems (IS) matures as a discipline, there is increased consideration and analysis of alternative theories, methodologies, and philosophies. This book provides a historical and critical analysis of social theorists.
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Table of ContentsList of Contributors.
Series Preface.
Preface.
1. Thinking about Social Theory and Philosophy for Information Systems (Allen S. Lee).
2. Fit for Function: Functionalism, Neofunctionalism and Information Systems (M. Lynne Markus).
3. Phenomenology, Screens, and the World: A Journey with Husserl and Heidegger into Phenomenology (Lucas D. Introna and Fernando M. Ilharco).
4. Hermeneutics in Information Systems Research (Michael D. Myers).
5. Adorno: A Critical Theory for IS Research (Stephen K. Probert).
6. The Critical Social Theory of J ¨ urgen Habermas and its Implications for IS Research (Heinz K. Klein and Minh Q. Huynh).
7. Foucault, Power/Knowledge and Information Systems: Reconstructing the Present (Leslie P. Willcocks).
8. Structuration Theory and Information Systems: A Critical Reappraisal (Matthew Jones, Wanda Orlikowski and Kamal Munir).
9. WhatWe May Learn from the Social Shaping of Technology Approach (Debra Howcroft, Nathalie Mitev and Melanie Wilson).
10. Re-establishing the Real: Critical Realism and Information Systems (John Mingers).
11. Complexity and Information Systems (Yasmin Merali).
Index.
