It’s worth considering how much of the law and social order revolves around getting people to stop murdering their children

armstronginstitute.org/1182-the-top...

This is one of the most important books I’ve taught recently, during my class Abraham to Oedipus last fall

Homo sapiens are the only hominid known to ritually sacrifice their babies and to make babies specifically to sacrifice them, the eating really seems secondary at that point

European society systematically punished children for needing too much, blamed women for providing maternal care, and culled children it could not use

Inconvenient children were targeted for this kind of purging, in part because of how care for children diverts from the other functions of the household

These were not isolated incidents, and slaves were not the only victims. Children were sacrificed.

Baron de Vastey in 1814

The people who did it were not punished.

Children are the witnesses and victims that are not believed or avenged.

Yeah! The Mimbres School is an interdisciplinary school and intellectual community that operates outside of traditional academia. We run courses, reading groups, and workshops with a critical, empirical approach. We are critical of canonical texts, received wisdom, and disciplinary boundaries.