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 Domestication of Sacrifice
in: Violent Origins: Walter Burkhert, René Girard, and Jonathan Z. Smith on Ritual Killing and Cultural Formation, pp. 191-205
Standford: Stanford University Press, 1987.
Bare Facts of Ritual
in: History of Religions, v. 1 (1980), issue 2: pp.112-127.
Relating Religion. Essays in the Study of Religion
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.
When the Bough Breaks
in: History of Religions, v. 12 (1973), issue 4: pp.342-371.
0. General bibliography (19th-21th Century) 2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16th-18th Century)
Fools, Martyrs, Traitors: The Story of Martyrdom in the Western World
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
Fools, Martyrs, Traitors: The Story of Martyrdom in the Western World
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
The Life and Thought of Michael Sattler
Scottdale, PA.: Herald Press , 1984.
Performing One's Own Death: Martyrdom, Sovereignty and Truth
Santa Barbara: University of California, 2016.
Le sacrifice. Fondateur decivilisation et d’individuation
Paris: Albin Michel, 1988.
Animal Minds and Human Morals: The Origins of the Western Debate
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1993.
Los sacrificios del cuerpo. Configuración, formas y evolución de la(s) memoria(s) de Blas de Lezo en la España de los siglos XVIII y XIX.
in: Historia y Memoria, v. 20 (2020), issue : pp.169-207.
Sacrificium Intellectus
in: Archivio Di Filosofia [Special issue: Il sacrificio], v. 76 (2008), issue 1-2: pp.57-70.
Contesting Sacrifice : Religion, Nationalism, and social Thought in France
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002.
A New Science: The Discovery of Religion in the Age of Reason
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Il taglio della poesia. Note sulle origini sacrificali della poetica greca
in: Sacrificio e società nel mondo antico, pp. 231-252
Roma - Bari: Laterza , 1988.