Drouard A
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The French Eugenical Society was founded in 1913, but eugenics had been actively discussed already much earlier, although under varing names. The main protagonists of early French eugenics were Georges Vacher de Lapouge, who was inspired by Galton and socialism, Adolphe Pinard, who propagated the "puericulture", and Paul Robin, who represented neo-malthusianism in his country. Alexis Carrel's ideas on improving the human race became widespread especially through his book "Man, the Unknown", published simultaneously in French and English in 1935. In general, the French eugenicists were more in favour of positive eugenics than negative selection, including sterilization, but their general influence was weaker than in several other countries.
法国优生学会成立于1913年，但优生学早在这之前就已被积极讨论，尽管名称各异。早期法国优生学的主要倡导者有受高尔顿和社会主义启发的乔治·瓦谢·德拉普热、宣扬“儿童培育学”的阿道夫·皮纳尔，以及在法国代表新马尔萨斯主义的保罗·罗宾。亚历克西·卡雷尔关于改善人类的观点尤其通过他1935年同时以法语和英语出版的《人，未知的存在》一书而广泛传播。总体而言，法国优生学家更倾向于积极优生学而非包括绝育在内的消极选择，但他们的总体影响力比其他几个国家要弱。
