I saw some posts about the source of the claims retracting some of them, but lets not forget Foucault signed a petition to legalize pedophilia in 1977. Those retractions could be due to pressure from the french press and public.
but lets not forget Foucault signed a petition to legalize pedophilia in 1977
According to Wikipedia, the petition he signed was the May 1977 one (not January), which was to equalize age of consent laws for homosexual (21 years, lowered to 18 years not long before the petition) and heterosexual (15 years) relationships. I agree he was a pedophile, though.
Not just allegedly
I saw some posts about the source of the claims retracting some of them, but lets not forget Foucault signed a petition to legalize pedophilia in 1977. Those retractions could be due to pressure from the french press and public.
According to Wikipedia, the petition he signed was the May 1977 one (not January), which was to equalize age of consent laws for homosexual (21 years, lowered to 18 years not long before the petition) and heterosexual (15 years) relationships. I agree he was a pedophile, though.