Representing networks is a major interest of researchers in information visualization. In this article, I present novel visualization techniques based on Jacques Bertin’s reorderable matrices. As the human brain is particularly effective at processing visual information, researchers in computer science developed a number of visual exploration systems to analyze graphs and networks. In the last ...

this article explores the concept of civil religion from the perspective of jean-jacques rousseau. it starts with a discussion of the essence of sovereignty as the implementation of general will, which, the author explains, is manifested in the obedience of the laws. the article then discusses the way in which, in rousseau’s view, institutional mechanisms work and thereupon explores how he envi...