安东尼奥·斯托帕尼 (Antonio Stoppani) 的"人类纪"在人类世的背景下
Eugenio Luciano1, Elena Zanoni2
1Research Group IV, Anthropocene Formations, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Germany.
British journal for the history of science
|October 30, 2024
概括
意大利地质学家安东尼奥·斯托帕尼 (Antonio Stoppani) 被认为是人类世概念的先驱. 他的1867年作品首次在层级图形上描述了海平面的特征.
科学领域:
- 地质地质地质地质地质地
- 在平流图学上,平流图学是平流图学.
- 科学的历史科学的历史.
背景情况:
- 意大利神父和地质学家安东尼奥·斯托帕尼 (1824-1891) 正因他对人类对地球地质的影响的早期观点而获得认可.
- 关于人类世的讨论突出了斯托帕尼关于"人类世"时代的概念,早于现代使用.
- 斯托帕尼的地质工作,特别是他的1865-1870年的"笔记",直到最近的翻译,在国际上仍然基本上是未知的.
研究的目的:
- 为了向国际观众介绍斯托帕尼对人类时代的基础层级学特征.
- 提供对斯托帕尼"人类时期"概念的社会政治,宗教和科学背景的批判性评论.
- 通过翻译使斯托帕尼"笔记" (第2卷,1867年) 的第15章成为可访问的.
主要方法:
- 第15章的翻译来自斯托帕尼的"Note ad un Corso Annual di Geologia" (1867年) 这本书.
- 对围绕斯托帕尼著作的历史和科学背景进行批判性分析.
- 对人类世的当代讨论进行比较研究.
主要成果:
- 介绍了斯托帕尼1867年对人类时期的平流图学描述的第一个英语翻译.
- 阐述了19世纪意大利的科学,社会和宗教环境,这些环境影响了斯托帕尼的地质理论.
- 确立了斯托帕尼的"人类纪"作为现代人类纪概念的重要前身.
结论:
- 安东尼奥·斯托帕尼 (Antonio Stoppani) 在他的1867年著作中详细描述的"人类时代",代表了对理解人类对地质时间的影响的早期,重大贡献.
- 斯托帕尼作品的翻译和语境化丰富了对人类世辩论的历史理解.
- 这项研究强调了重新审视历史科学文本对当代环境和地质话语的基础见解的重要性.
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