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Zeitgeist (German pronunciation: [ˈtsaɪtɡaɪst] (
listen)) is "the spirit of the times" or "the spirit of the age." [1] Zeitgeist is the general cultural, intellectual, ethical, spiritual, or political climate within a nation or even specific groups, along with the general ambiance, morals, sociocultural direction, and mood associated with an era.
The term is a loanword from German Zeit – "time" and Geist – "spirit" (cognate with English "ghost").
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Origins [link]
The concept of Zeitgeist goes back to Johann Gottfried Herder and other German Romanticists, such as Cornelius Jagdmann, but is best known in relation to Hegel's philosophy of history. In 1769 Herder wrote a critique of the work Genius seculi by the philologist Christian Adolph Klotz and introduced the word Zeitgeist into German as a translation of genius seculi (Latin: genius - "guardian spirit" and saeculi - "of the age").
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The Guardian.co.uk and Instructables.com have features showing popular and trending news, topics, and articles, called Zeitgeist.[2] In addition, The Japan Times runs a feature titled "The Zeit Gist" every Tuesday, which covers community issues particularly relevant to the foreign community within Japan.
Google releases categorized lists of the most searched keywords annually called "Google Zeitgeist".[3][4]
American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins had produced an album which they titled Zeitgeist.
The Unity in Ubuntu, GNOME 3.x and many other Linux/BSD based operating systems use a logging application named the "zeitgeist-daemon". It logs recently opened and most used documents, applications and many other things, but it can be easily disabled or removed.
The Zeitgeist Movement is a sustainability advocacy organization. The movement campaigns against the monetary-market economy which they argue should be replaced with a resource-based economy in which money would serve no purpose. Members of the movement focus on raising awareness and consciousness of the issues discussed in the documentary films Zeitgeist: Addendum (released in 2008) and Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011). [5][6][7]
See also [link]
- Collective consciousness
- Meme
- Noosphere
- Social identity
- Synchronicity
- Vox populi
- Volkgeist
- Genius loci
- Weltgeist
References [link]
- ^ "Zeitgeist". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. (2003). August 7, 2009. https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Zeitgeist.
- ^ Guardian|date=2011
- ^ Google Zeitgist: a year in review or 'what the world searched'
- ^ https://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist2009/
- ^ "They’ve Seen the Future and Dislike the Present". New York Times. 2009-03-16. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/nyregion/17zeitgeist.html?_r=2.
- ^ Bill Stamets (February 15, 2011). "Art-house films: ‘Marwencol,’ ‘Zeitgeist’". Chicago Sun-Times. https://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/movies/3245249-421/hogancamp-marwencol-zeitgeist-dolls-films.html?print=true. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
- ^ The Filmmaker Who Helped Recruit Millions of People for the Global Protests of the Bottom 99%, Asher Shechter, TheMarker (Israel), January 19, 2012.
External links [link]
- Christian Adolph Klotz
- Christian Adolf Klotz in: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4. Aufl., 1888, Vol. 9, Page 859
- Zeitgeist, History of Ideas
- Zeitgeist: Analysis and Response
- Zeitgeist psychology discussion forum
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Zeitgeist (film series)
Zeitgeist: The Movie is a documentary film with two sequels: Zeitgeist: Addendum and Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, presenting a number of conspiracy theories and proposals for broad social and economic changes. Peter Joseph created all three films.
Zeitgeist: The Movie
Zeitgeist: The Movie is a 2007 documentary-style film by Peter Joseph presenting a number of conspiracy theories. The film disputes the historicity of Jesus (the Christ myth theory) and claims that the September 11 attacks in 2001 were pre-arranged by New World Order forces, and claims that bankers manipulate world events. In Zeitgeist, it is claimed that the Federal Reserve was behind several wars and manipulates the American public for a One World Government or "New World Order".
The Zeitgeist film, according to writer Paul Constant, is "based solely on anecdotal evidence, it's probably drawing more people into the Truth movement than anything else".Jay Kinney questioned the accuracy of its claims and the quality of its arguments, describing it as agitprop and propaganda.
Zeitgeist (Levellers album)
Zeitgeist is the fourth album by The Levellers. It was released in 1995 and reached #1 in the UK album charts, making it the band's most successful album. Two singles were released from the album – "Hope St.", which reached #12 in the UK single charts, and "Fantasy", which reached 16. Additionally, a re-recorded version of "Just the One" featuring Joe Strummer was released, reaching #12, as well as a live version of "Exodus" from the later Headlights, White Lines, Black Tar Rivers (Best Live) album the next year, which reached #24.
Track listing
The 2007 re-issue included the bonus tracks:
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