Carretero Pasín, Ángel Enrique2021-01-152021-01-152021Carretero Pasin, A.E. Metamorphosis of the Sacrificial Victimization Imaginary Profile within the Framework of Late Modern Societies. Religions 2021, 12, 55http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24190This article aims to unravel the why and the how of the imaginary profile of the emerging sacrificial victim in late modern societies. To do this, first, under the influence of the formulations proposed by the French School of Sociology, the nature and the functionality of an anthropological structure linked to a rituality of sacrificial victimization surviving in the historical course of western societies are investigated. Based on this, it analyzes the characterization of the imaginary paradigm of sacrificial victimization crystallized in modernity in contrast to the dominant one in the Old Regime. Finally, the sociological keys that would account for the unique morphology of the imaginary of sacrificial victimization that emerged in late modern societies are explored in the context of the generalization of a climate of violence that transforms any individual into a potential victim of sacrificeeng© 2021 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Atribución 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ImaginarySacrificeViolenceRitualityCollective communionLate modernityjournal article10.3390/rel120100552077-1444open access