Information Systems

Critical Perspectives
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-415-43378-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Organization and Systems

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stahl, Bernd Carsten

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technologie: Soziale & Ethische Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie der Technik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Philosophie der Technik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents



Introduction



Section 1: Theory



Critical Research in Information Systems



Theoretical Discourses: A Comparison of the Foucauldian and Habermasian Concepts of Discourse in CRIS



Ethics, Morality and Critical Research in IS, Emancipation Across Cultural Boundaries: A Fundamental Problem of Critical Research in Information Systems



Section 2: Philosophy



Ontology: On Positivism, Realism, and their Relevance for Critical IS Research



Epistemology: 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 Paradigms



Section 3: Application



Information Systems as Means of (Dis)Empowerment: The Information Society and Decision Support Systems in Local Authorities in Egypt



Responsible and Heroic Management of Workplace Privacy: A Critical View of ICT Management



Trust as Fetish: A Critical Theory Perspective on Research on Trust in E-Commerce



The Ideological Use of Privacy and Security



The Metaphor of Evolution in E-Commerce: A Critical Evaluation



Commercial Colonization: E-Teaching and E-Democracy



Section 4: Reflection(s)



Limitations of the Critical Approach, The Future of Critical Research in Information Systems

Über Autor(innen)

Bernd Stahl is a Reader in Critical Research in Technology in the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility at De Montford University in Leicester.