The Indigenization of Social Sciences in Taiwan
Resource
政治科學論叢, 13, 001-026
Journal
政治科學論叢
Journal Issue
13
Pages
001-026
Date Issued
2000-12
Date
2000-12
Author(s)
Shiau, C.J.
Abstract
The indigenization of social sciences has been an important objective of the academic efforts in Taiwan for the past twenty years. After the transformation of the authoritarianism, beginning in the mid-1980s, however, there came severe disputes over the manners and contents of the indigenization. Among others, sinonization, Taiwanization, or even antisinonization and de-sinonization were separately argued to be the real meaning of the indigenization. From the viewpoints of the two paradigms (the theory-centered and the fact-centered ones) in social sciences, this article first tries to inspect the shortcomings of the arguments to define the indigenization as isnonization, Taiwanization, anti-sinonization, or de-sinonization. Furthermore, based upon the fact-centered paradigm, this paper argues the only way to embody "the academic subjectivity" or "the Taiwan subjectivity" that has been always emphasized in the indigenization efforts is to start from a historical understanding of what had happened in Taiwan.
Subjects
社會科學本土化；社會科學中國化；學術主體性；台灣主體性；科學哲學；the indigenization of social sciences；the sinonization of social sciences；academic subjectivity；the Taiwan subjectivity；the philosophy of science
Type
journal article