| Revision as of 13:06, 10 December 2014 view sourceBenjamin au (talk | contribs)10 edits A movement that celebrates political freshness and celebrates ANY new ideas of scientific sense is sorely needed in this world. A movement is not chained by the thinking of any founding members. Please let us grow. Future > the past.← Previous edit | Revision as of 13:28, 10 December 2014 view source NeilN (talk | contribs)134,455 edits Reverted 1 edit by Benjamin au (talk): Per consensus. (TW)Next edit → | ||
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| '''The Zeitgeist Movement''' advocates a transition from a global ]-based ] to their version of a ]-based economy.<ref name=VCreporter>, Shane Cohn, VC Reporter (California), May 12, 2011</ref> The informal group was founded by and is directed by ].<ref name=VCreporter/> | |||
| Joseph's films form the basis of The Zeitgeist Movement's ideas. The films are critical of ] and the ] method in general. Joseph created a ] that, according to '']'', dismisses historic religious concepts as misleading and embraces a version of sustainable ecological concepts and science administration of society.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/9337209/Forest-boy-inspired-by-Zeitgeist-movement.html Retrieved April-29-2014</ref> | |||
| The name of the group comes from the German word '']'', meaning "spirit of the age" or "spirit of the time". | |||
| ==History== | |||
| '']'' (2007) started the chain of events leading to the introduction of the movement.<ref name=tabletmag>http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/57732/brave-new-world Retrieved June 9, 2012</ref>At the end of the subsequent film, '']'' (2008), Joseph introduced the Zeitgeist Movement.<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>The group described itself as the activist arm of ], 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 inefficient in the use of resources.<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 transition from a global ]-based ] to a ]-based style economy of the type advocated by the Venus Project's ].<ref name=VCreporter>, Shane Cohn, VC Reporter (California), May 12, 2011</ref> | |||
| ==Currently== | |||
| 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. | |||
| == Reception == | |||
| An 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/> | |||
| 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'.<ref>Bill Stamets: . Chicago Sun Times, Feb 12, 2011.</ref> | |||
| An article in the '']'' describes the movement as an example of a "conspirituality", a synthesis of ] spirituality and ].<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> | |||
| In '']'', journalist ] criticized ''Zeitgeist: The Movie'' as being "steeped in far-right, isolationist, and covertly anti-Semitic conspiracy theories," and called the Zeitgeist Movement "the world's first Internet-based cult, with members who parrot the party line with cheerful, rote fidelity." She went on to write that the film borrows from the work of ], ], and radio host ], saying that ''Zeitgeist: The Movie'' portrays a ] of international bankers purportedly ruling the world.<ref name=Tablet>{{Cite news| last = Goldberg | first = Michelle | title = Brave New World. |date = February 2, 2011| url = http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/57732/brave-new-world|title=Brave New World|newspaper=]| quote = The first ''Zeitgeist'' documentary borrowed from the work of Eustace Mullins, Lyndon LaRouche, and Alex Jones to rail against the cabal of international bankers that purportedly rules the world.}}</ref> In an interview with ], Joseph stated that while the film does mention bankers it does not seek to place blame on any individual or group of individuals. He argues they are merely a product of a socioeconomic system in need of change.<ref name=TheMarkerTV>{{YouTube|GbN86J-ihHE|Discussion of the Zeitgeist Movement with Peter Joseph}}, ] (Israel), Jan. 19, 2012. Interview conducted in English, following a brief introduction to Joseph and the Movement in Hebrew.</ref> | |||
| == See also == | |||
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| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| == References == | |||
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| == External links == | |||
| * {{Official website|http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com}} | |||
| {{Peter Joseph}} | |||
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