Arboreal Values: Reconsidering the “plantes si sensibles, si merveilleuses, si intelligentes” of Rauch’s Harmonie hydro-végétale et météorologique

IF 0.1 3区文学 0 LITERATURE, ROMANCE

NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH STUDIES Pub Date : 2023-04-18 DOI:10.1353/ncf.2023.0007

Giulia Pacini

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Abstract:This essay examines shifting understandings of the vegetal in the first edition of Rauch’s Harmonie hydro-végétale et météorologique (1802). In this two-volume treatise which denounces the consequences of deforestation and calls for an intensive state-sponsored sylvicultural program, Rauch arg ued that twenty million more acres of trees were needed to redress the French climate, to arrest the calamitous meteorological phenomena that were destroying the country, and to provide food and energy for the nation. Interestingly, however, this instrumentalist discourse on the quintessential utility of trees also includes a claim that nature holds the right to be respected as a person. This article therefore places Harmonie in its cultural context; it analyzes Rauch’s different attitudes toward the plant kingdom, and ultimately considers the conceptual tensions running through this thought-provoking text.

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树木价值:重新思考劳赫的水文-植物和气象和谐中的“如此敏感、如此奇妙、如此聪明的植物”

摘要：本文考察了Rauch的Harmonie hydro-végétale et météorologique（1802）第一版中对植物的理解的转变。在这篇两卷本的论文中，Rauch谴责了森林砍伐的后果，并呼吁开展一项由国家赞助的强化园艺计划，他说，还需要2000万英亩的树木来纠正法国的气候，阻止正在摧毁国家的灾难性气象现象，并为国家提供粮食和能源。然而，有趣的是，这种关于树木本质效用的工具主义话语也包括一种主张，即自然作为一个人有权受到尊重。因此，本文将和声置于其文化语境中；它分析了劳赫对植物王国的不同态度，并最终思考了贯穿这篇发人深省的文本的概念张力。

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期刊介绍： Nineteenth-Century French Studies provides scholars and students with the opportunity to examine new trends, review promising research findings, and become better acquainted with professional developments in the field. Scholarly articles on all aspects of nineteenth-century French literature and criticism are invited. Published articles are peer reviewed to ensure scholarly integrity. This journal has an extensive book review section covering a variety of disciplines. Nineteenth-Century French Studies is published twice a year in two double issues, fall/winter and spring/summer.