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
Fausto Sozzini, la teoria del sacrificio e il socinianesimo
in: Bruniana & Campanelliana, v. XXVII (2021), issue 1-2: pp.195-210.
Cattolici, antisemitismo e sangue. Il mito dell'omicidio rituale. In appendice il voto del cardinale Lorenzo Ganganelli, O.F.M. (poi Papa Clemente XIV) approvato il 24 dicembre 1759
Milano: Sugarco, 2004.
Shakespeare and Abraham
Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2015.
Vers le vrai Racine
Paris: Armand Colin, 1958.
Condorcet: droit de résistance ou censure du peuple?
in: Le genre humain, v. 44 (2005), issue : pp.59-72.
in: L'accusa del sangue. La macchina mitologica antisemita, pp.
Milano: Bollati Boringhieri, 2007.
Justifying Sacrifice
in: Neue Zeitschrift für systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie, v. 50 (2008), issue : pp.313-329.
Eulogies for the ResistanceHizbullah, Syria and the ‘Crisis Imaginary’
in: Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, pp. 272-292
Leiden: Brill, 2017.
Sacred Violence in Early America
Philadelphia,: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015.
Sacred Violence: Torture, Terror, and Sovereignty
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2008.
Sacred Violence: Torture, Terror, and Sovereignty
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2008.
Pro Patria Mori
in: Medieval Political Thought in Selected Studies, pp. 308-324
New York: Augustin, 1965.
Das antijüdische Ritualmordrelief von 1727 an der Wernerkapelle von Oberwesel und seine widerwillige Entfernung
in: Aschkenas, v. 30 (2020), issue 1: pp.37-60.
Secularity as Sacrifice.Notes on the Dialectical Logic in Modernity and its Monotheistic Prefigurations
in: Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society, v. (2015), issue 1/1: pp.22–45.
Divine Providence in the England of Shakespeare's Histories
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1980.
The Theatre of Death: Rituals of Justice from the English Civil Wars to the Restoration
Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2016.
Constructing Cromwell: Ceremony, Portrait, and Print 1645-1661
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
The Ambiguity of Sovereignty: the Passion Narrative as a Paradox
in: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Torture, pp. 59-66
Leiden: Brill, 2019.