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'''The Zeitgeist Movement''' is an activist movement established in the ] in 2008 by ]. The group is critical of market ], describing it as structurally corrupt and wasteful of resources. The group dismisses historic religious concepts as misleading, and embraces sustainable ] and scientific administration of society.<ref>McElroy, Danien. June 17, 2012. . ''The Telegraph.'' Retrieved November 14, 2018.</ref><ref name="pia14">{{cite journal|author=Resnick, Jan|date=February 25, 2009|title=The Zeitgeist Movement|url=http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=543809933974722;res=IELHEA|journal=Psychotherapy in Australia|volume=15|issue=2|issn=1323-0921}}</ref><ref>Quotations and citations in this Misplaced Pages article are based on the translation from Hebrew to English of , original Hebrew article by Asher Schechter, ] (Israel), January 19, 2012.</ref><ref>Quotations and citations in this Misplaced Pages article are based on the translation from Hebrew to English of , ] (Israel), March 18, 2010.</ref>
'''The Zeitgeist Movement''' describes itself as a ], ] advocacy group. Established in 2008 by ], their website material states that the group has no leaders.<ref>http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/faq#faq6</ref>Participants in Zeitgeist movement related activities advocate a transition from a global ]-based ] to what their information refers to as a ]-based economy.<ref name=VCreporter>, Shane Cohn, VC Reporter (California), May 12, 2011</ref>
''VC Reporter's'' Shane Cohn summarized the movement's charter as: "Our greatest social problems are the direct results of our economic system".<ref>{{cite web|author=Cohn, Shane|title=New world re-order|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/travis-walter-donovan/the-zeitgeist-movement-en_b_501517.html|publisher=VCReporter|date=May 12, 2011|access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref>

Popularized in a series of films by Peter Joseph and critical of ], the films created a ] that, according to '']'', assumes future generations will view religious ideas as a misleading method of controlling society and embrace sustainable ecological concepts.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/9337209/Forest-boy-inspired-by-Zeitgeist-movement.html Retrieved April-29-2014</ref> The Zeitgeist Movement argues that a religious or political ideology should not be the basis for societal operations but instead the ] should be employed to develop a society based on collaboration and a balance of technology and nature.<ref name=huffpost/>

The name of the group comes from the German word '']'', which refers to the "spirit of the age" or "spirit of the time."


==History== ==History==
The Zeitgeist Movement was formed in 2008 by Joseph shortly after the late 2008 release of '']'', the second film in the ].<ref name=o3/><ref name=v2>{{cite web|last1=Cohn|first1=Shane|title=New world re-order|url=http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/new_world_re_order/8838/|publisher=VCReporter|date=May 12, 2011|access-date=May 28, 2015|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006110044/http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/new_world_re_order/8838/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Zeitgeist was first linked to ], which had been founded by ] in 1985. In April 2011, partnership between the two groups ended in an apparent power struggle, with Joseph commenting, "Without , doesn’t exist – it has nothing but ideas and has no viable method to bring it to light."<ref name=o3>{{cite journal|author=Gore, Jeff|url=https://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/the-view-from-venus/Content?oid=2248863|title=The view from Venus Jacque Fresco designed a society without politics, poverty and war. Will it ever leave the drawing board?|journal=Orlando Weekly|date=October 12, 2011|access-date=September 17, 2015}}</ref>
After the release of Peter Joseph's first film, '']'' (2007),<ref name=huffpost/> Joseph said that fans began asking what to do about issues raised by it,<ref name=tabletmag>http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/57732/brave-new-world Retrieved June 9, 2012</ref> and in a sequence at the end of the subsequent film, '']'' (2008), the Zeitgeist Movement was introduced by Joseph.<ref name="Bill Stamets">{{cite news |url= http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/movies/3245249-421/hogancamp-marwencol-zeitgeist-dolls-films.html?print=true | title=Art-house films: ‘Marwencol,’ ‘Zeitgeist’ | accessdate=March 7, 2011 | author=Bill Stamets | date=February 15, 2011 | publisher=]}}</ref> At that time the Zeitgeist Movement described itself as the activist arm of ], which was featured in ''Zeitgeist: Addendum'' and '']'' (2011). In April 2011 the two groups ended their association with one reporter describing their contentions as an "apparent power struggle".<ref name="Bill Stamets">{{cite news |url= http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/movies/3245249-421/hogancamp-marwencol-zeitgeist-dolls-films.html?print=true | title=Art-house films: ‘Marwencol,’ ‘Zeitgeist’ | accessdate=March 7, 2011 | author=Bill Stamets | date=February 15, 2011 | publisher=]}}</ref><ref>http://orlandoweekly.com/news/the-view-from-venus-1.1217175?pgno=6 Retrieved May-18-2014</ref>

== Views ==
The group describes the current ] as structurally corrupt and in need of replacement with their concept of a system based on efficient use of resources and ].<ref name=nytimes>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/nyregion/17zeitgeist.html?_r=2|title=They’ve Seen the Future and Dislike the Present|publisher=] |date=2009-03-16}}</ref> The Zeitgeist Movement advocates ] and ] systems worldwide to provide the necessities of life without using a ].<ref name=huffpost/> The movement advocates the elimination of money and private ownership of property in exchange for their version of a resource-based economy.<ref name=huffpost>{{cite web |title=The Zeitgeist Movement: Envisioning A Sustainable Future |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/travis-walter-donovan/the-zeitgeist-movement-en_b_501517.html |date=Mar 16, 2010 |publisher='']''}}</ref>

''The Ventura County Reporter'', described the views of The Zeitgeist Movement according to their interview of Peter Joseph:
“They call it a Utopia and say it can’t happen,” said Joseph. “They can’t fathom it because they are so used to the deprived, neurotic, twisted world where people are trying to screw each other over as fast as possible for their own self-interest, which is essentially what this system is based on. “It’s not about getting mad and breaking windows. That doesn’t do anything but reinforce power and lead to more police, more military, and that can lead to a police-state. Ultimately, we want concentrated nonviolent action, not against the U.S. but against the entire global manifold, saying ‘you can’t do anything if we don’t participate.’ The fabric of the system is based on participation in it.” End quote.<ref name=VCreporter/>

==Currently==


The first Zeitgeist documentary which predates the organization Zeitgeist movement, borrowed from the works of ], ], and radio host ].<ref name="Goldberg"/> Much of its footage was taken directly from Alex Jones documentaries.<ref name="Goldberg"/>
The Zeitgeist Movement's ideas are presented through local and national chapters and online release of media.<ref name="VCreporter"/> Zeitgeist holds an annual event, Z-Day, in March. Z-Day 2014 was held in Toronto, Ontario.


The group holds an annual event, Z-Day (or Zeitgeist Day), an "educational forum" held in March. '']'' reported on the second Z-Day held at ] in New York in 2009 which included lectures by Peter Joseph and Jacque Fresco.<ref name="Feuer" /> This event sold out with 900 people paying $10 each to attend. The event's organizers said that 450 connected events in 70 countries around the globe also took place.<ref name="Feuer"/>
== Reception ==
'']'',<ref name=huffpost/> '']'',<ref name=nytimes/> and '']''<ref name=PalmBeachPost>, Rhonda Swan, ], April 30, 2009</ref> have reported reactions to various aspects of the Zeitgeist movement, including ] and its wholesale reimagination of civilization,<ref name=nytimes/> diversity in its attendees,<ref name=nytimes/> its solution oriented focus,<ref name=huffpost/> and subscribing to ] in ''Zeitgeist: The Movie''.<ref name=nytimes/> The article in ''The New York Times'' noted that ''Zeitgeist The Movie'' may be most famous for alleging that the attacks of Sept. 11 were an “inside job” 'perpetrated by a power-hungry government on its witless population', a point of view Mr. Joseph said he "moved away from" (as of 2009 in an interview).<ref name=nytimes/>


==Reactions==
According to a film critic for the ] (Bill Stamets) Peter Joseph’s movie ''Zeitgeist Moving Forward'' takes an imaginative leap at the end of the movie when a dramatized scenario for peaceful revolt occurs: 'citizens of Earth see the light and toss all their cash into fires outside banks'. The review goes on to say that 'the first two “Zeitgeist” films, spawned a grass-roots movement, “Zeitgeist: The Movie” (2007) and “Zeitgeist: Addendum” (2008).<ref>http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/movies/3245249-421/hogancamp-marwencol-zeitgeist-dolls-films.html?print=true</ref>
⚫ An article in the '']'' describes the movement as an example of a "]", a synthesis of ] spirituality and ].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Ward, Charlotte|author2=Voas, David|year=2011|title=The Emergence of Conspirituality|journal=Journal of Contemporary Religion|volume=26|issue=1|pages=109–111|doi=10.1080/13537903.2011.539846|s2cid=143742975}}</ref>


In '']'', journalist ] criticized ''Zeitgeist: The Movie'' calling the Zeitgeist movement "the world's first Internet-based cult, with members who parrot the party line with cheerful, rote fidelity". Goldberg also made reference to the size and sentiment of the organization, stating, "But to hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, the Zeitgeist movement is entirely serious." She went on to say: "Most members, particularly the new ones, are probably unaware of the Jew-baiting subtext of the documentary that launched their movement. Many were genuinely baffled in 2009 when a German social networking site, ], banned Zeitgeist groups because of their implicit ]. Others seem a bit embarrassed by the first Zeitgeist; they’ll often say it’s “irrelevant”—one of TZM’s favorite epithets—because it came out before the movement got started. But no one is disavowing it, and so a growing global movement of tech-savvy idealists continues to promote a work of far-right paranoia."<ref name="tabletmag"/> ] of '']'' called the movement "the world's first Internet-based apocalyptic cult, with members who parrot the party line with cheerful, rote fidelity."<ref name="Goldberg">{{cite web|url=http://tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/57732/brave-new-world|title=Brave New World|author=Goldberg, Michelle|date=February 2, 2011|work=]|access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref> In her opinion, the movement is "devoted to a kind of sci-fi planetary communism", and the ] that "sparked" the movement was "steeped in far-right, isolationist, and covertly anti-Semitic conspiracy theories."<ref name="Goldberg" />


Alan Feuer of '']'' said the movement was like "a utopian presentation of a money-free and computer-driven vision of the future, a wholesale reimagination of civilization, as if Karl Marx and Carl Sagan had hired John Lennon from his "Imagine" days to do no less than redesign the underlying structures of planetary life."<ref name="Feuer">{{cite news|last=Feuer|first=Alan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/nyregion/17zeitgeist.html|title=They've Seen the Future and Dislike the Present|work=The New York Times|date=March 17, 2009<!--"A version of this article appeared in print on March 17, 2009, on page A24 of the New York edition." -->|access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref>
⚫ An article in the '']'' describes the movement as an example of a "conspirituality", a synthesis of ] spirituality and ], asserting that ''Zeitgeist: The Movie'' claims that "organised religion is about social control and that ] was an inside job".<ref name=jcr109>{{cite journal |last1=Ward |first1=Charlotte |last2=Voas |first2=David |year=2011 |title=The Emergence of Conspirituality |journal=Journal of Contemporary Religion |volume=26 |issue=1 |page=109 |doi= 10.1080/13537903.2011.539846|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13537903.2011.539846 |accessdate=June 16, 2012}}</ref>


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The Zeitgeist Movement
AbbreviationTZM
Formation2008; 16 years ago (2008)
TypeAdvocacy group
Region served International
Key peoplePeter Joseph
Websitethezeitgeistmovement.com

The Zeitgeist Movement is an activist movement established in the United States in 2008 by Peter Joseph. The group is critical of market capitalism, describing it as structurally corrupt and wasteful of resources. The group dismisses historic religious concepts as misleading, and embraces sustainable ecology and scientific administration of society. VC Reporter's Shane Cohn summarized the movement's charter as: "Our greatest social problems are the direct results of our economic system".

History

The Zeitgeist Movement was formed in 2008 by Joseph shortly after the late 2008 release of Zeitgeist: Addendum, the second film in the Zeitgeist film series.

Zeitgeist was first linked to the Venus Project, which had been founded by Jacque Fresco in 1985. In April 2011, partnership between the two groups ended in an apparent power struggle, with Joseph commenting, "Without , doesn’t exist – it has nothing but ideas and has no viable method to bring it to light."

The first Zeitgeist documentary which predates the organization Zeitgeist movement, borrowed from the works of Eustace Mullins, Lyndon LaRouche, and radio host Alex Jones. Much of its footage was taken directly from Alex Jones documentaries.

The group holds an annual event, Z-Day (or Zeitgeist Day), an "educational forum" held in March. The New York Times reported on the second Z-Day held at Manhattan Community College in New York in 2009 which included lectures by Peter Joseph and Jacque Fresco. This event sold out with 900 people paying $10 each to attend. The event's organizers said that 450 connected events in 70 countries around the globe also took place.

Reactions

An article in the Journal of Contemporary Religion describes the movement as an example of a "conspirituality", a synthesis of New Age spirituality and conspiracy theory.

Michelle Goldberg of Tablet Magazine called the movement "the world's first Internet-based apocalyptic cult, with members who parrot the party line with cheerful, rote fidelity." In her opinion, the movement is "devoted to a kind of sci-fi planetary communism", and the 2007 documentary that "sparked" the movement was "steeped in far-right, isolationist, and covertly anti-Semitic conspiracy theories."

Alan Feuer of The New York Times said the movement was like "a utopian presentation of a money-free and computer-driven vision of the future, a wholesale reimagination of civilization, as if Karl Marx and Carl Sagan had hired John Lennon from his "Imagine" days to do no less than redesign the underlying structures of planetary life."

See also

References

  1. McElroy, Danien. June 17, 2012. Forest boy 'inspired by Zeitgeist movement'. The Telegraph. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  2. Resnick, Jan (February 25, 2009). "The Zeitgeist Movement". Psychotherapy in Australia. 15 (2). ISSN 1323-0921.
  3. Quotations and citations in this Misplaced Pages article are based on the translation from Hebrew to English of The Filmmaker Who Helped Recruit Millions for the Global Protests of the Bottom 99%, original Hebrew article by Asher Schechter, TheMarker (Israel), January 19, 2012.
  4. Quotations and citations in this Misplaced Pages article are based on the translation from Hebrew to English of Imagine, original Hebrew article by Tzaela Kotler, Globes (Israel), March 18, 2010.
  5. Cohn, Shane (May 12, 2011). "New world re-order". VCReporter. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  6. ^ Gore, Jeff (October 12, 2011). "The view from Venus Jacque Fresco designed a society without politics, poverty and war. Will it ever leave the drawing board?". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  7. Cohn, Shane (May 12, 2011). "New world re-order". VCReporter. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  8. ^ Goldberg, Michelle (February 2, 2011). "Brave New World". Tablet. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  9. ^ Feuer, Alan (March 17, 2009). "They've Seen the Future and Dislike the Present". The New York Times. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  10. Ward, Charlotte; Voas, David (2011). "The Emergence of Conspirituality". Journal of Contemporary Religion. 26 (1): 109–111. doi:10.1080/13537903.2011.539846. S2CID 143742975.

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