Whose Discourse? A Comparison of the Foucauldian and Habermasian Concepts of Discourse in Critical IS Research

10th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 4329-4336

  Stahl, Bernd Carsten ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

critical theory; Discourse; Foucault; Habermas; IS research

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL THEORY; DISCOURSE; DISCOURSE THEORY; FOUCAULT; HABERMAS; IMPORTANT FEATURES; IS RESEARCH; MICHEL FOUCAULT;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 85139067067     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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