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Michel Foucault spent his career dissecting power and authority. Yet his own writings and public interventions on adult–minor sexual relationships remain deeply controversial.

In the 1970s, he participated in campaigns challenging France’s laws around sexual consent involving minors. Separately, allegations that he abused boys in Tunisia remain disputed and unproven.

The bigger lesson is simple:

No intellectual should become too influential to scrutinize.

Study the ideas. Examine the evidence. Question the icons.

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Michel Foucault spent his career dissecting power and authority. Yet his own writings and public int...

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