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Analyzes the interplay between human interaction, organizations, and the process of computerization, while illuminating the social and political nature of computerization.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Computers, Theorizing, and Practice by Vicente Berdayes and John M. Murphy
Life World: Computers, Logic and Values by Algis Mickunas and Argueta B. Hernandez
Contemptus Mundi: Reality as Disease by Eric Mark Kramer
Common Sense, Formal and Non-Formal Intelligence, and Computational Mimesis by Burt Hopkins and Jim Sheridan
From Dialogue to World: Theoretical Considerations on Dimensional Difference by Joseph J. Pilotta
Computer Reason and Rationality by Dee Vernberg
Computers, Foundationalism, and Legitimate Knowledge by John Murphy
Theories of Order, Computer Use, and Alienation by Jung Min Choi
Perspectives on Cyberspace as Constructed Reality by Karola M. Schwartz
On the Ethics of Constructing a Face in Cyberspace: Images of a University by Michael J. Hyde and Ananda Mitra
Hypertext and Radical Reading by Hugo Pérez-Hernáiz and John W. Murphy
The Technological Worldview and Social Scientific Reasoning: A Critical Appraisal by John T. Pardeck and Woo Sik Chung
Information and Behavioral Flows: The Historical Context of Workplace Computerization by Vicente Berdayes
Organizations, Management Philosophy, and the Use of Computers by Karen A. Callaghan
Selected Bibliography

About the Author

VICENTE BERDAYES is Assistant Professor of Communications at St. Mary's College in Indiana./e He has published in the field of communication theory.

JOHN W. MURPHY is Professor of Sociology at the University of Miami./e He has published widely in the areas of Sociological Theory and Race Relations.