Naturhistorie på 1700-tallet

Natural history from the 18th century - a global tale? by Simone Ochsnerdiscusses the apparent paradox that a series of scientific works from the 18th century, which mainly seem to focus on the local, can be considered global tales. Ochsner wonders if it is possible to see natural histories as global tales when they at that time, as regards content, change the focus from the encyclopedic to the regional and local. Ochsner has an etymological starting point, as she asks what global, a concept which has been used for some decades, might have meant in the 18th century.

西蒙娜·奥克斯纳（Simone Ochsner）所著《18世纪的自然史——一部全球叙事？》探讨了一处看似矛盾的论题：18世纪的诸多科学著作虽主要聚焦于地方范畴，却可被视作全球叙事。奥克斯纳提出设问：18世纪的自然史著作在内容维度上已从百科全书式的宏观视野转向区域与地方视角，此时是否仍可将其归为全球叙事？奥克斯纳以词源学为研究起点，她探究了“全球（global）”这一已被沿用数十年的概念在18世纪的具体意涵。