Topic: 0. General bibliography (19th-21th Century)
This section offers a curated bibliography on the concept of sacrifice from the 19th to the 21st Century. It includes a wide range of studies from theological, philosophical, historical, anthropological, iconographic and psycho-analytical perspectives. The collection, which includes books, journal articles and encyclopaedia entries, aims to explore the evolution and interpretation of sacrificial practices through modern and contemporary lenses, and to provide a theoretical framework for understanding sacrifice.
The Actuality of Sacrifice, Past and Present
Leiden: Brill, 2015.
Martyrdom and Terrorism: Pre-Modern to Contemporary Perspectives
Oxford - New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
Martyrdom and Terrorism: Pre-Modern to Contemporary Perspectives
Oxford - New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
Sacrifice and Modern Thought
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Sacrifice and Modern Thought
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Ritual and Violence: Natalie Zemon Davis and Early Modern France
in: Past & Present Supplements, v. 7 (2012), issue : pp..
Ritual and Violence: Natalie Zemon Davis and Early Modern France
in: Past & Present Supplements, v. 7 (2012), issue : pp..
Sacrifice and Redemption : Durham Essays in Theology
Cambridge - New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
The Nature and Elements of Sacrificial Ritual
in: Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, v. (2004), issue 16: pp.337-366.
John Foxe and the Jews
in: Renaissance Quarterly, v. 54 (2001), issue : pp.86-120.
Violence, Difference, Sacrifice: A Conversation with René Girard
in: Religion & Literature, v. 25 (1993), issue 2: pp.9-33.
Striving in the Path of God. Jihad and Martyrdom in Islamic Thought
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Martyrdom in Islamic thought and practice. A historical survey.
in: Martyrdom and Terrorism. Pre-Modern and Contemporary Perspectives, pp. 40 - 58
Oxford - New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
Homo Sacer. Il potere sovrano e la nuda vita
Torino: Einaudi, 1995.