The terms “cosmopolitan” and “invasive” name ideas that have long figured prominently in the practices, the methods, and the unexamined assumptions of Victorian studies. These categories also shape the study of plants, both now and in the nineteenth century, along with related terms like “native,” “exotic,” and “hybrid.” “Invasion biology,” for example, currently describes the study of how nonnative species spread around the world, and the phrase “nativism-cosmopolitanism dichotomy” has been used to describe the impasse between different approaches to global plant distribution and migration. This paper will put these variable disciplinary conceptions of “cosmopolitan” and “invasive” into conversation with each other, offering a methodological reflection with the goal of clarifying their meanings and applications in and for current scholarship of the Victorian period. If ecological uses of these ideas, like aesthetic and political uses, are rooted in the nineteenth century, their disparate strands have not yet been sufficiently disentangled. What difference does it make to speak of invasive plants as compared to human invaders? How does our sense of cosmopolitanism, empire, and invasion change when pressure is exerted from other fields? Perhaps most importantly, what are the ethical dimensions of these concepts, especially when nonhuman entities are included?

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维多利亚时代的植物：世界性和侵入性

“世界主义”和“侵入性”这两个词命名了长期以来在维多利亚时代研究的实践、方法和未经检验的假设中占据显着地位的思想。这些类别也塑造了现在和 19 世纪的植物研究，以及“原生”、“外来”和“混合”等相关术语。例如，“入侵生物学”目前描述了对非本地物种如何在世界范围内传播的研究，而“本土主义-世界主义二分法”这一短语已被用来描述全球植物分布和迁移的不同方法之间的僵局。本文将把“世界性”和“侵入性”这些可变的学科概念进行对话，提供一种方法论反思，旨在阐明它们在维多利亚时代当前学术研究中的意义和应用。如果这些思想的生态用途，如美学和政治用途，植根于 19 世纪，那么它们不同的部分还没有被充分解开。与人类入侵者相比，入侵植物有什么区别？当来自其他领域的压力施加时，我们的世界主义、帝国和侵略感如何变化？也许最重要的是，这些概念的伦理维度是什么，尤其是当包括非人类实体时？与人类入侵者相比，入侵植物有什么区别？当来自其他领域的压力施加时，我们的世界主义、帝国和侵略感如何变化？也许最重要的是，这些概念的伦理维度是什么，尤其是当包括非人类实体时？与人类入侵者相比，入侵植物有什么区别？当来自其他领域的压力施加时，我们的世界主义、帝国和侵略感如何变化？也许最重要的是，这些概念的伦理维度是什么，尤其是当包括非人类实体时？