André Géraud
André Géraud | |
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| Born | 18 October 1882 |
| Died | 11 December 1974 |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer |
André Géraud (18 October 1882 – 11 December 1974) was a French journalist and animal rights advocate who wrote under the pseudonym Pertinax.[1][2][3]
Biography
Géraud studied history at
Géraud was an early advocate of animal rights.[2] In 1924, he authored Déclaration des droits de l'animal which was re-published in 1939. Because the book was never translated into English, Géraud is rarely cited in English-language literature relating to animal rights, unlike Henry Stephens Salt, who is often cited.[2] The book influenced UNESCO's Universal Declaration of Animal Rights in 1978. The book put forward the idea of an "animal code" based on three guiding principles. Animals must be happy, or , they suffer; the suffering inflicted on animals must be strictly indispensable; and the pleasures allowed to animals are justified and must not be deprived.[2] Géraud commented that "the Declaration of Animal Rights in the twentieth century shall be the counterpart of the Declaration of Human Rights in the eighteenth century".[2]
After the
Selected publications
- Déclaration des droits de l'animal (Bibliothèque A. Géraud, 1939)
- The Grave Diggers of France: Gamelin, Daladier, Reynaud, Pétain, and Laval. Military Defeat, Armistice, Counterrevolution (New York City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1944).
Notes
- ^ a b c 'The Press: Pertinax Goes Home', Time (15 October 1945), retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Neumann, Jean-Marc (2012). "The Universal Declaration of Animal Rights or the Creation of a New Equilibrium Between Species" (PDF). Animal Law. 19: 91–109.
- ^ a b c "Andre Geraud, 92, Writer, Is Dead". The New York Times.
External links
- Pertinax's contributions to Foreign Affairs
- Newspaper clippings about André Géraud in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
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