Superare il capro espiatorio? Dal sacrificio dell'innocente alla salvezza dei colpevoli

The article analyses scapegoating paradigm and asks whether it can be overcome. After examining the various meanings with which the scapegoating linguistic structure is used, it points out how the original rite had a foundation that was not juridical, but rather magical-religious. Discussing the theses of René Girard, the essay identifies an opposite paradigm, which instead of sacrificing the innocent aims at the salvation of the guilty. This is on the assumption that the very notion of "guilt" is the result of human limitedness in attributing the unjust