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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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Spirit of the Age
Spirit of the Age is a 1977 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally recorded and issued on the album Quark, Strangeness and Charm.
The lyrics of the song are composed of two of Robert Calvert's science fiction poems, the first verse being "The Starfarer's Despatch", which he had recited at shows whilst being the "resident poet" in the band in 1971, and the second being "The Clone's Poem". Both of these poems were published amongst a collection of his poetry issued as Centigrade 232, published by Quasar in 1978. Throughout the song is a rhythmic electronic pulse. This repeated sound is the Morse Code for SOS (dot-dot-dot,dash-dash-dash,dot-dot-dot).
The song was a popular addition to the band's live set and even remained after Calvert's departure from the band in 1979. A more aggressive version of the song with vocals by Brock was issued on the Live Seventy Nine album in 1980.
1993 Mixes
The song was subject to various remixes and issued as the Spirit Of The Age - Solstice Mixes EP in June 1993 on 4-Real Records (4R1). Mixes were by Astralasia (Marc Swordfish, Nosmo) and produced by Salt Tank (David Gates & Malcolm Stanners).
Spirit of the Age (album)
Spirit of the Age is a 1988 compilation album by the British space rock group Hawkwind covering their Charisma Records period 1976–1979. It was issued by Virgin Records after they had acquired the Charisma catalogue, to test whether there was a viable market for the Hawkwind albums included in the deal. There was, and the company then re-issued each of the four albums the following year as part of the Compact price series.
In 1992, Virgin wished to include a new Hawkwind compilation, Tales from Atom Henge: The Robert Calvert Years, as part of their Virgin Universal series. The band's fan club editor, Brian Tawn, was approached to compile this new release, but chose to replicate the original compilation album with the exception of two changes: the addition of the previously hard to find single B-sides "Honky Dorky" and "The Dream of Isis", and the omission of "The Forge of Vulcan" in order to make space.
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Spirit of the Age
Podcasts:
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by Midnight Oil
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by Hawkwind
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by Hysterica
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by Michael Card
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by Alphaville
Spirit Of The Age
by: Midnight OilThere's an SOS of real distress
Baby, tears at the best address
Ambulance chasers won't confess
Sun comes up and you're stuck
The ones and the zeros are flushing your pores
You've been flamed in the dark and you're feeling sore
The dripfeed rattle lures the innocent cattle
It's the only job around
Yeah, I know spirit of the age is coming home
A 747 is landing on your head
A hand reaches out and you find you're dead
Scared of the tarot and scared of the score
But you went in deep 'cause you needed more
But karma is a boomerang and here it comes again
Feels like the country is a going 'round the bend
There were a few blue singlets at the garage sale
But no one was cheering at the treasures they were clearing
Desperate fictions are in my book
Howl of the dashboard culture that shook
But karma is a boomerang and here it comes again
Feels like the country's just a going 'round the bend