Abstract
The phenomenon of academic self-colonization prevailing in the contemporary scientific communities of both Taiwan and mainland China can be traced to the three ideologies popular among Chinese intellectuals since the May Fourth Movement in the early twentieth century, namely, social Darwinism, scientism, and anti-traditionalism. Under the ideology of scientism, Chinese scientific communities concentrated on the indoctrination of various research methodologies in graduate education, while the neglect of the Western philosophy of science led them to ignore issues related to ontology and epistemology. As a consequence, most Chinese researchers tend to follow Western paradigms of research without significant contribution to theoretical construction.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Chen, D. X. (1917). Answer to a youth with sword. New Youth (in Chinese), 3(1), 11 (also in a collection of Chen’s selected work (1934), p. 660).
Chen, D. X. (1919). A written defense for the accusation on our journal. New Youth (in Chinese), 6(1), 15–16.
Chou, C. P. (2003). Who had played tricks on educational reform in Taiwan (in Chinese)? Taipei: Psychological Publishers.
Chou, C. P. (Ed.). (2014). The SSCI syndrome in higher education: a local or global phenomenon. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Chou, C. P., & Ching, G. S. (2012). Taiwan education at the crossroad: When globalization meets localization. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Chou, C. P., Lin, H. F., & Chin, Y. J. (2013). The impact of SSCI and SCI on Taiwans academy: An outcry for fair play. Asia Pacific Education Review, 14, 23–31.
Deng, X. P. (1993). Selected essays from Deng Xiaoping (in Chinese) (Vol. 3). Beijing: People’s Publisher.
Ferguson, C., Marcus, A., & Oransky, I. (2014). The peer-review scam. Nature, 515, 480–482.
Hu, S. (1923). Preface to Science and outlook of life (in Chinese). Shanghai: East Asian Library.
Huang, A. H. M. (2009). Science as ideology: SSCI, TSSCI and the evaluation system of social sciences in Taiwan. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 10(2), 282–291.
Hwang, K. K. (2003). What wrong with the educational reform: My overt scheme (in Chinese)? Taipei: INK Publisher.
Keith, S. R. (2011). Revolution and its past: Identities and change in modern Chinese history. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Practice Hall.
Kuo, M. J. (2005). Academic massacre in the name of SSCI and TSSCI. Globalization and knowledge production: Critical reflections on the practices of academic evaluation (in Chinese). Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Sciences. Forum Series, 4, 153–178.
Kwok, D. W. Y. (1965). Scientism in Chinese thought, 1900–1950. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Lin, Y. S. (1979). The crisis of Chinese consciousness: Radical antitraditionalism in the May Fourth Era. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
Lin, C. (2011). The construction of subjectivity : A theory of enlightment based on Chinese experience. Chinese Social Sciences Quarterly (in Chinese), 37, 41–43.
Shils, E. (1981). Tradition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Spence, J. D. (1981). The gate of heavenly peace: The Chinese and their revolution, 1895–1980. New York: Penguin.
Spence, J. D. (1990). The search for modern China. New York: W. W. Norton.
Tseng, X. M. (2003). The macroscope and microscope of education in Taiwan (in Chinese). Taipei: Royal Publishing Co.
Wellmuth, J. (1944). The nature and origins of scientism. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press.
Yin, H. G. (1966). The future of Chinese culture (in Chinese). Taipei: Wen Hsin Publisher.
Yu, X.-M. (2005). A study on ontology (in Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai People’s Publishing House.
Zhao, D. X. (2001). The power of tiananmen: State-society relations and the 1989 Beijing Student Movement. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2016 Springer Science+Business Media Singapore
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Hwang, KK. (2016). Academic Self-Colonization and the Crisis of Higher Education in Taiwan and Mainland China. In: Chou, C., Spangler, J. (eds) Chinese Education Models in a Global Age. Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, vol 31. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0330-1_6
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0330-1_6
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-10-0328-8
Online ISBN: 978-981-10-0330-1
eBook Packages: EducationEducation (R0)