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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 organization. Established in 2008 by ], the organization says it has no official leaders.<ref>http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/faq#faq6</ref> Zeitgeist group members advocate a transition from ]-based ]s to what they define 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>


⚫ ==History==
The alternative action movement was popularized in a series of films critical of ]. The films created a ] that, according to '']'', assumes future generations will view religious ideas as a misleading method of societal control. <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 is of no value for societal operations but instead the ] is the way to develop a system of human equality based on cooperation and a balance of technology and nature.<ref name=huffpost/>
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>
The name of the group comes from the German word '']'', which refers to the "spirit of the age" or "spirit of the time."


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"/>
⚫ == History ==
Following the release of Peter Joseph's first film, '']'' (2007),<ref name=huffpost/> Joseph says fans began asking what to do about issues raised in the film.<ref name=tabletmag>http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/57732/brave-new-world Retrieved June 9, 2012</ref> A sequence at the end of Joseph's second film, '']'' (2008), 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 fans of the first two films became organized into the Zeitgeist Movement.<ref name="Bill Stamets"/>


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"/>
Zeitgeist formerly described itself as the activist arm of ], which was featured in ''Zeitgeist: Addendum'' and '']'' (2011), but in April 2011 the groups stopped their association with each other.<ref>http://www.blogtalkradio.com/v-radio/2011/04/26/venus-project-explains-their-relationship-with-exemplar-zero</ref>


==Reactions==
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.
⚫ 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>


] 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" />
== 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 collect, process, and distribute food and shelter and 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>


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>
''The Ventura County Reporter'', described the views of The Zeitgeist Movement in part thusly: "Our greatest social problems are the direct results of our economic system. The monetary-based system on which the world operates is a broken and corrupt scheme that promotes ] for the sake of profit. ] and resourcefulness only hinder that idea in a monetary-based economy."<ref name=VCreporter/>


== Reception == ==See also==
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'']'',<ref name=huffpost/> '']'',<ref name=nytimes/> and '']''<ref name=PalmBeachPost>, Rhonda Swan, ], April 30, 2009</ref> have reported critical reactions to various aspects of the Zeitgeist movement, including ], reduced ] in their proposed economy, practical difficulties in a transition to that economy, and subscribing to ] in ''Zeitgeist: The Movie''. The ''The New York Times'' article 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 that Mr. Joseph said he has recently "moved away from".<ref name=nytimes/>
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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".<ref name="tabletmag"/>
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⚫ 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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Peter Joseph reacted to accusations of the Zeitgeist movement being an 'arm of communism, conspiracy theorists, anarchy, or just wide-eyed dissidents dreaming of an unattainable Utopia' by saying in an interview (Ventura County Reporter): "They call it a utopia and say it can’t happen," "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."<ref name="VCreporter"/>
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The Zeitgeist Movement
AbbreviationTZM
Formation2008; 17 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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