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How Foucault was shielded from scandal by French reverence for intellectuals

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    etiolation
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    No revelation could surprise me less. Sadism stained his writings, in which philosophical critique barely conceals the impulse to indulge medieval fantasy.

    No revelation could surprise me less. Sadism stained his writings, in which philosophical critique barely conceals the impulse to indulge medieval fantasy.

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    1. mrbig
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      Yes, that makes sense, his obsessions were very public. It is, of course, entirely possible to act out this kind of fetish in a healthy way and respecting consent, like many do in the BSDM...

      Yes, that makes sense, his obsessions were very public. It is, of course, entirely possible to act out this kind of fetish in a healthy way and respecting consent, like many do in the BSDM community. That said, his attitudes as described in the article where, sadly, very common among intellectuals of his time, regardless of their intellectual pursuits.

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