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This reminds me of the rampant abuse of minors by the pot-modernist philosophers in France, who openly practised and defended pedophily.

• rhizome 10y ago
  Such as who?
  • danharaj 10y ago
    They are probably thinking of Beauvoir and Sartre in particular. Good luck finding a scholarly source on the issue though, unless you're quite happy with citing A Voice For Men or random angry blogs.
    • dmitrij 10y ago
      Neither Sartre nor de Beauvoir where postmodernists (or "pot-modernists"). Poster maybe means some radical left anarchists – also not postmodernists – from the late 70s/early 80s, who had some outlandish (and completely self-serving) ideas about child sexuality.
      • danharaj 10y ago
        Yea I know. Postmodern is a snarl world popular amongst certain demographics overrepresented on HN.
      • ucaetano 10y ago
        Foucault, who also signed the letters, is often considered a post-modernist, even if he himself rejected the title.
    • Veen 10y ago
      Beauvoir and Sartre had reputation for seducing their students, but not when they were underage (for France's laws of the time).
    • ucaetano 10y ago
      No need for it, they published an (two actually) open letter defending sex with children as young as 6: "the children have not been victims of the slightest violence, but have to the contrary testified before the examining magistrates that they consented" https://web.archive.org/web/20050404190912/http://www.decadi.com/dignaction/Fpetit.html https://web.archive.org/web/20050404190912/http://www.decadi...
  • ucaetano 10y ago
    You can see a long list here: https://web.archive.org/web/20050404190912/http://www.decadi.com/dignaction/Fpetit.html https://web.archive.org/web/20050404190912/http://www.decadi...