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100 1 _aKreps, David,
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245 1 0 _aAgainst nature :
_bthe metaphysics of information systems /
_cby David Kreps.
264 1 _aBoca Raton, FL :
_bRoutledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis,
_c2018.
300 _a1 online resource (116 pages) :
_b2 illustrations
505 0 0 _tchapter 1 A transdisciplinary approach /
_rDavid Kreps --
_tchapter 2 The problem with digital /
_rDavid Kreps --
_tchapter 3 The future does not exist /
_rDavid Kreps --
_tchapter 4 The world in a new light /
_rDavid Kreps --
_tchapter 5 A theoretical manifesto for Green IT /
_rDavid Kreps.
520 3 _aThis book questions the nature of the business and social information systems so ubiquitous in contemporary life. Linking positivism, individualism, and market-fundamentalist economics at the root of these systems, it critiques the philosophical ground of this triumvirate as fundamentally against nature. Connecting counter-philosophies of the subject as a natural part of existence, with more collectivist and ecological economics, it presents a historical critique of the development of the academic field of information systems and offers a complex view of the nature of Nature through which we might reshape our approach to technology and to our economies to overcome the existential threat of climate change. As such, it will appeal to philosophers, social theorists, and scholars of science and technology studies with interests in the environment and ecology, as well as those working in the field of information systems.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
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650 0 _aComputer science
_xPhilosophy.
650 0 _aInformation technology
_xPhilosophy.
650 7 _aCOMPUTERS / Computer Literacy.
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650 7 _aCOMPUTERS / Computer Science.
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650 7 _aCOMPUTERS / Data Processing.
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650 7 _aCOMPUTERS / Hardware / General.
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650 7 _aCOMPUTERS / Information Technology.
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650 7 _aCOMPUTERS / Machine Theory.
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650 7 _aCOMPUTERS / Reference.
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710 2 _aTaylor and Francis.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
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856 4 0 _uhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351233828
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