思考歷史能動力：原住民立足點與批判的展演政治

On Historical Agency: Indigenous Standpoints and the Critical Politics of Performativity

本文的思考起點是臺灣的批判歷史能動力如何可能。第一節引文概述本文的思考起點，強調理論和經驗的有機關連。第二節把歷史課綱的爭議扣連到臺灣人民意識的版圖，並指出其中的主體意識漏缺。第三節挪用女性主義哲學家茱蒂斯‧巴特勒（Judith Butler）的政治論述展演理論（performative theory of political discourse），並討論其中關於歷史能動力的曖昧處境與可能空間。第四節闡述臺灣原住民族透過抗爭與研究而累積的主體性，並扣連到美加澳紐等地近年來嶄露頭角的原住民立足點。第五節總結提出一個立足點與結盟的展演政治。

The starting point of this essay is the possibility of a critical historical agency in Taiwan. The first section introduces the author’s view of the organic connection between the theoretical and the empirical. The second section describes the pitfalls of the popular dichotomy of Chinese-versus- Taiwanese identities, especially its omission of the indigenous peoples’ historical situation and consciousness. The third section draws on Judith Butler’s performative theory of political discourse to clarify the situational ambiguity and possibilities of historical agency. The fourth section articulates the theoretical and political significance of the indigenous conception of history for Taiwan’s multiple positions of enunciation, and its connections to the indigenous standpoints in Australia and other countries. In my conclusion, I propose a performative politics involving the concepts of standpoint and coalition.