以往有關日治時期政治運動的討論,多採取「抵抗/屈從」截然二分的觀點與以定位,若非殖民當局正面對抗者,即被歸於妥協屈從的行列。這樣的觀點過度簡化殖民者與被殖者之間的關係。日治中期的自治主義政治運動,既抵抗殖民統治,又屈從殖民者的遊戲規則;既要求同於日本國民的平等權利,又欲保有台灣的特殊性,具有鮮明的「混雜」性格。 本文透過自治主義政治運動呈現殖民者與被殖民者之間糾葛的關係。自治主義運動者挪用殖民者的自治、文明、人道主義等論述,要求改善殖民地人民的權利與待遇。此時期的殖民者與被殖民者相互越界滲透,當台灣人因內部衝突而分裂時,卻也因部份日本人對運動的支持而滋長友誼。 除了探討殖民時期台灣的複雜多元面貌之外,本文也指出複製殖民者論述的自治主義政治運動,所難以超越的侷限與困境。
The dichotomy of ”resistance vs. compliance” frequently is applied in previous research on Taiwanese political movement during Japanese-ruled period. People who didn't apparently revolt against the colonizer were classified subservient. Such dichotomous practice too simplifies the relationship between the colonizer and the colonized. During mid Japanese-ruled period, the Home Rule Movement not only resisted colonial oppression, but also obeyed the colonizer's rules as well. Struggled for the rights that a Japanese has, it further request to sustain particularity of Taiwan. This is a typical phenomenon of ”hybridity”. This paper explores ambivalent relationship between the colonizer and the colonized inside the Home Rule Movement. Advocators of the Movement appropriated the colonizer's discourses, such as self-governing, civilization, humanism. With such effort, the Movement promoted rights and status of Taiwanese. During that period, internal conflict resulted in Taiwanese' cleavage, while mutual friendship were gradually built through amicable interacting like Japanese support for reformation. The colonizer and the colonized became interpenetrated. In addition to explore diversified countenance under colonized Taiwan, the paper also addresses confinement of the Movement incurred by coppying the colonizer's discourses.