Contemporary technology discourse and the legitimation of capitalism

European Journal of Social Theory

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-252

  Fisher, Eran ^a  

^a The College of Management Academic Studies ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Critical Theory; Information technology; Legitimation; Post Fordism; Technology discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953201640     PISSN: 13684310     EISSN: 14617137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368431010362289     Document Type: Article

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