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.
Sacred Violence: Torture, Terror, and Sovereignty
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2008.
The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology
Princeton - Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2016.
The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology
Princeton - Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2016.
A Comparative and Evolutionary Perspective on Sacrifice and Cooperation
in: Mimesis and Sacrifice. Applying Girard's Mimetic Theory Across the Disciplines, pp. --
London: Bloomsbury, 2019.
0. General bibliography (19th-21th Century) 2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16th-18th Century)
The Question of Sacrifice
Indiana University Press: Bloomington, 2005.
Nietzsche and the eternal return of sacrifice
in: Research in Phenomenology, v. 33 (2003), issue : pp.167-185.
Martyrs, Myths, and the Massacre. The Background of st. Bartholomew
in: American Historical Review, v. 77 (1972), issue : pp.1323-1342.
Fear and Trembling
London: Penguin, 2004 (1843).
Some Methodological Pitfalls in the Study of Greek Sacrifice (in Particular)
in: Le sacrifice dans l'Antiquité (Entretiens sur l'Antiquité classique de la fondation Hardt XXVII), pp. 41-80
Vandouvres - Genève: Fondation Hardt, 1981.
Girard, Religion, Violence, and Martyrdom
in: The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion, pp. 910-924
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
Girard, Religion, Violence, and Martyrdom
in: The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion, pp. 910-924
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
Sacrifice: Themes, Theories, and Controversies
in: Sacrifice: Themes, Theories, and Controversies, pp.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022 .
From sacrificing humans to self-sacrificing humans. A Longue-durée bio-cultural evolutionary perspective on human sacrifice
in: Human Sacrifice and Value. Revisiting the Limits of Sacred Violence from an Anthropological and Archaeological Perspective, pp. Chap. 16
London: Routledge, 2023.
Discourses of Martyrdom in English Literature, 1563-1694
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Flugschriften als Massenmedium der Reformationszeit
Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 1981.
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
New York: Anchor, 2003.
Foxe’s Books of Martyrs: printing and popularising the Acts and Monuments
in: Religion and Culture in Renaissance England, pp. 69-92
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Sacrificio: questioni, interpretazioni, comparazioni. Una introduzione
in: Sacrificio: questioni, interpretazioni, comparazioni [Storicamente, special issue], v. 18 (2022), issue 44: pp.1-12.
The Logic of Sacrifice
in: Culture and Communication, pp. 81-93
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976.