Warum gehen in Japan die Uhren anders?

Anmerkungen zum Konzept des kulturellen Transfers

Abstract

The analysis of transfer remains one of the most fruitful and promising strategies when coming to terms with the complexities of cultural development in the modern, globalizing world. However, notwithstanding its many promises, analyses of transfer are based on a set of unspoken assumptions. The present short discussion of two of these basic assumptions leads to a plea to overcome notions of geographical »origins« and concepts of »derivative discourse«; and to a plea to overcome bilateralism through the practice of embedding transfers within a global historical perspective.