Critical theory began, with the establishment of the institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, Germany. Critical theorists are engaged in projects of deconstruction of the materially based ideologies that prevent us from developing our interests as human beings. The strategy of intervention and the role of the emancipator are strongly inspired by critical theory. The early critical theorists turned to art in an attempt to emancipate us from the grip of technology in modern industrialized society. As systems developers in the role of emancipators, we have a more optimistic attitude toward technology. We want to see systems development as both a process of critical deconstruction and a constructive process, using computers not only as means in doing our job but as an opportunity to emancipate ourselves from technological and organizational alienation. Critical theorists are mainly interested in the political qualities of technology, in the way in which technology controls our lives and in how we can design it so as to make our lives rich and rewarding, rather than narrow and boring.

In contrast, Structuralism, as a theory of science, is more interested in analysis than in construction. Analyzing technology in its use as a system of signs, structuralists want us to see what the technology really means, what it communicates to the users.
Both critical theory and structuralism are revolutionary in the sense of not being afraid of attacking constitutive rules

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Critical theory began, with the establishment of the institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, Germany.
理论研究随着德国法兰克福社会研究院的成立而展开了。
Critical theorists are engaged in projects of deconstruction of the materially based ideologies that prevent us from developing our interests as human beings.
理论研究家们忙着对思想体系的结构项目的研究，这些观念都让我们丧失了对人类研究的兴趣。
The strategy of intervention and the role of the emancipator are strongly inspired by critical theory.
理论研究大大地激发了人为的干预政策和对释放者的扮演。
The early critical theorists turned to art in an attempt to emancipate us from the grip of technology in modern industrialized society.
早期的理论家试图用一种艺术的手段将我们从现代工业化社会的束缚中解放出来。

As systems developers in the role of emancipators, we have a more optimistic attitude toward technology.
作为理论主义的发展者，我们对于现代科技有着更乐观的态度。

We want to see systems development as both a process of critical deconstruction and a constructive process, using computers not only as means in doing our job but as an opportunity to emancipate ourselves from technological and organizational alienation.
Critical theorists are mainly interested in the political qualities of technology, in the way in which technology controls our lives and in how we can design it so as to make our lives rich and rewarding, rather than narrow and boring. 我们想要不仅看系统开发作为重要解构的过程和一个建设性的过程，使用计算机作为在做我们的工作的手段，而是作为机会解放自己从技术和组织疏远。
我们想要看到的不只是理论上和结构上的解放，而是希望电脑将作为替代我们劳动的工具，将我们从劳动中解放。

In contrast, Structuralism, as a theory of science, is more interested in analysis than in construction. Analyzing technology in its use as a system of signs, structuralists want us to see what the technology really means, what it communicates to the users.
相反的是，作为一门科学理论，相对于结构理论主义者对结构的分析更感兴趣。分析技术已经作为理论系统的一个标志。结构主义者希望我们能够发现科技对我们到底意味着什么，对使用者是怎么沟通的。

Both critical theory and structuralism are revolutionary in the sense of not being afraid of attacking constitutive rules
无论是理论主义者还是结构主义者，这都是一项不被组织结构攻击的革命。