Topic: 3. Sacrifice and politics (16th-18th Century)

During the transformative period of the 16th to 18th centuries, the notion of the State evolved into a nearly mystical entity, perceived as immortal and worthy of the ultimate sacrifice. This section delves into the complex interplay between sovereignty, resistance, and sacrifice, a theme explored by early proponents of political tolerance. It also examines revolutionary acts and regicide, viewed through the lens of sacrificial rites. This section includes early modern printed and iconographic sources, along with a comprehensive bibliography from the 19th to 21st centuries, providing a historical and modern perspective on this complex theme

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Rovati, A.; Gursozlu, F. (Ed.)

War is America’s Altar: Violence in the American Imagination

in: Peace, Culture, and Violence, pp. 198-217

Leiden: Brill, 2018.

Salzman, M. R.; Wright Knust, J. - Varhelyi, Z. (Eds.)

The End of Public Sacrifice: Changing Definitions of Sacrifice in Post-Constantinian Rome and Italy

in: Ancient mediterranean sacrifice, pp. 167-184

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.

Schontal, Benjamin; Kitts, Margo (Ed.)

The Meanings of Sacrifice: the LTTE, Suicide, and the Limits of the Religion Question

in: Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Immolation: Religious Perspectives on Suicide, pp. 226-240

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.


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