國立臺灣大學政治科學論叢

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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 anti-sinonization  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 sinonization, 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.