The Necro-President = Trump, MAGA, and the Decline of the American Republic

This Brief develops the necro-president as a figure through which the collapse of American political life becomes visible. In our present moment of political upheaval, the necro-president reflects how death, not law or the people, has come to shape the meaning of the presidency. The office, once imagined as a source of vitality and democratic promise, now signals exhaustion, spectacle, and s…

The Mathematical Theory of Semantic Communication

This Open Access Book explores how classical information theory’s focus on syntactic information has limited the further development of communication science. Recently, communication technologies that handle and transmit semantic information have gained widespread attention in academia. Semantic communication has paved new directions for the future of communication technology development, yet…

Writing Development in Struggling Learners = Understanding the Needs of Write…

In Writing Development in Struggling Learners, international writing researchers provide critical insights into the development of writing skills for individuals who struggle to become profi cient writers. This edited volume takes a life course view and examines concepts for development of writing skills with a focus on where learners struggle, why this may occur for those without and without s…

Bruno Latour in the Semiotic Turn : An Inquiry into the Networks of Meaning

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Truth and Responsibility: A Personalist Reading of Newman

This book goes beyond a simple study of Newman’s thought and work and seeks to apply his deductions to modern value conflicts. Although it will be of particular relevance to academic readers with some prior knowledge of Newman’s works, it may also be of wider interest to students of history, philosophy, theology and spirituality. More generally, its unusual focus on Newman’s epistemology …

Ways of the Scientific World-Conception. Rudolf Carnap and Otto Neurath

Rudolf Carnap (1891-1970) and Otto Neurath (1882-1945) had a decisive influence on the development of the scientific world view of logical empiricism. Their relationship was marked by mutual intellectual stimulation, close collaboration, and personal friendship, but also by controversies that were as heated as they were rarely fought out in public. Carnap and Neurath were, in the words of Olga …

Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures: 28th Internationa…

This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures, FOSSACS 2025, which took place in Hamilton, Canada, during May 2025, held as part of the International Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2025. The 19 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selec…

Bordieuan Field Theory as an Instrument for Military Operational Analysis

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book uses Pierre Bourdieu’s field theory as a lens through which to examine military operations. Novel in its approach, this innovative text provides a better, more nuanced understanding of the modern ‘battlespace’, particularly in instances of prolonged low-intensity conflict. Formed in two parts, this book primarily explores th…

Event Analytics across Languages and Communities

This open access book presents interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral research results fostering event analytics across languages and communities. It is based on the CLEOPATRA International Training Network, which explored how we analyze and understand the major events that influence and shape our lives and societies, and how they unfold online. This analysis was achieved through various case stu…

Environmental Humanities in India

This open access book offers an introduction to the field of the environmental humanities in India. The environmental humanities, often referred to as ‘EH’, are a multifaceted, relatively new, and swiftly evolving field of scholarship that integrates the theories and approaches of various disciplines - from anthropology, art, communications, cultural studies, philosophy and ecology to histo…