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
Contentious Traditions: The Debate on Sati in Colonial India
Delhi: Kali for Women, 1989.
Crucifixion or Apocalypse? Refiguring the Eikon Basilike
in: Religion, Literature, and Politics in Post-Reformation England, 1540-1688, pp. 138-160
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
The Tragic Heroine as 'comoditie': Iphigenia by Lady Jane Lumley and The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche
in: Vides, v. 3 (2015), issue : pp.213-227.
Use and Role of the Concepts of Tyranny and Tyrannicide During the French Revolution
in: Contributions to the History of Concepts, v. 2 (2006), issue 1: pp.19-41.
Les Essais
Paris: Gallimard, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 2007.
Hindu Infanticide: An Account of the Measures Adopted for Suppressing the Practice of the Systematic Murder by Their Parents of Female Infants; with Incidental Remarks on Other Customs Peculiar to the Natives of India
London: Johnson, 1811.
La réfutation des accusations de crime rituel d'Andreas Osiander
in: Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses, v. 97 (2017), issue 3: pp.449-467.
Sati: A Nineteenth Century Tale of Women, Violence and Protest
in: At the Edge of Psychology: Essays in Politics and Culture, pp.
Delhi: -, 1980.
Communities of Violence. Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996.
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16th-18th Century) 3. Sacrifice and politics (16th-18th Century)
Abraham Lincoln, his friendship for humanity and sacrifice for others; an address
Moline: Desaulniers & co., 1910.
Sacrifice Between West and East: René Girard, Simone Weil, and Mahatma Gandhi on Violence and Nonviolence
in: Mimesis and Sacrifice: Applying Girard's Mimetic Theory Across the Disciplines, pp. 37-50
London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Violence and Religion: Walter Burkert and René Girard in Comparison
in: Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture, v. 17 (2010), issue 1: pp.121-137.
Sacrifice in the Modern World On the Particularity and Generality of Nazi Myth
Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2012.
Liberté et sacrifice: Écrits Politiques
Grenoble: J. Millon, 1990.
Root Causes of Suicide Terrorism: The Globalization of Martyrdom
New York: Routledge, 2006.
Il Simonino. Geografia di un culto.Con saggi di Diego Quaglioni e Laura Dal Prà
Trento: Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche, 2012.
Gesù e il sacrificio ebraico
in: Annali di storia dell'esegesi, v. 18 (2001), issue 1: pp.129-168.
Gesù e il sacrificio ebraico
in: Annali di storia dell'esegesi, v. 18 (2001), issue 1: pp.129-168.