Zeitgeist
Self Definition: For a certain period of time there are certain beliefs that are led on by different moods and spirits
Utopia
Self Definition: The feeling of how certain things and ways are supposed to be perfect and how life is meant to be what people want it to be
Relating to Design
Zeitgeist: these are the ways in which design in that there are certain design trends or fashions that are being followed and the certain beliefs behind those designs stick in peoples minds as a way to influence a particular design period, time or era.
Utopia: when design was done relating to utopia everything was meant to be done perfectly. Things were meant to be seen as all good and nothing wrong with them and no fault with them.
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Zeitgeist
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Zeitgeist (disambiguation).
The Zeitgeist (spirit of the age or spirit of the time) is the intellectual fashion or dominant school of thought that typifies and influences the culture of a particular period in time. For example, the Zeitgeist of modernism typified and influenced architecture, art, and fashion during much of the 20th century.[1]
The German word Zeitgeist is often attributed to the philosopher Georg Hegel, but he never actually used the word. In his works such as Lectures on the Philosophy of History, he uses the phrase der Geist seiner Zeit (the spirit of his time)—for example, "no man can surpass his own time, for the spirit of his time is also his own spirit."[2]
Other philosophers who were associated with such ideas include Herder and Spencer and Voltaire.[1] The concept contrasts with the Great Man theory popularized by Thomas Carlyle, which sees history as the result of the actions of heroes and geniuses.
Hegel believed that art reflected, by its very nature, the culture of the time in which it is created. Culture and art are inextricable because an individual artist is a product of his or her time and therefore brings that culture to any given work of art. Furthermore, he believed that in the modern world it was impossible to produce classical art, which he believed represented a "free and ethical culture", which depended more on the philosophy of art and theory of art, rather than a reflection of the social construct, or Zeitgeist in which a given artist lives.[3]
In the analysis of the arts and culture, the concept of a "spirit of the age" or zeitgeist may be problematic as a tool for analysis of periods which are socially or culturally fragmented and diverse.[4]
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[hide]Theory and leadership[edit]
As mentioned, zeitgeist theory of leadership is often contrasted with Thomas Carlyle’s great man theory.[5] In his theory, Carlyle stresses that leaders do not become leaders by fate or accident. Instead, these individuals possess characteristics of great leaders and these characteristics allow them to obtain positions of power.
However, Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy disagreed with Carlyle’s perspective.[5] Tolstoy believed that leadership, like other things, was a "zeitgeist" and was a product of the social circumstances at the time. Thus, it was not the characteristics of the individual that resulted in a leadership, but societal factors of the time that are out of the individuals’ control.
Great man theory and zeitgeist theory can be included in two main areas of thought in psychology.[5] For instance, great man theory is very similar to the trait approach. Trait researchers are interested in identifying the various personality traits that underline human behaviors such as conformity, leadership or other social behaviors. Thus, they agree that leadership is primarily a quality of an individual and that some people are pre-dispositioned to be a leader whereas others are born to follow these leaders. In contrast, situationistresearchers believe that social behavior is a product of society. That is, social influence is what determines human behaviors. Therefore, situationism is of the same opinion as zeitgeist theory—leaders are created from the social environment and are molded from the situation. The concept of zeitgeist also relates to the sociological tradition that stems from Émile Durkheim and recently developed into social capital theory as exemplified by the work of Patrick Hunout.
These two perspectives have been combined to create what is known as the interactional approach to leadership.[5] This approach asserts that leadership is developed through the mixing of personality traits and the situation. Further, this approach was expressed by social psychologist, Kurt Lewin, by the equation B = f(P, E) where behavior (B) is a function (f) of the person (P) and the environment (E).
Examples in psychology[edit]
- Errors of illusion are not readily apparent because the shared beliefs and assumptions of a particular era that support them come from the zeitgeist. An example can be seen with Henry H. Goddard and Lewis Terman. The consensus in the 20th century was that existing psychology tests adequately measured basic intelligence in diverse groups of people. The more recent consensus is that "culture-fair" tests need to be developed - which may or may not be true. But because of the zeitgeist, in those times, the cross-cultural validity of existing tests was not questioned.[6]
- Failure to question research findings that agree with prevailing political and philosophical ideology represents one of the effects of the zeitgeist.[6]
- The zeitgeist does not always have negative effects. It can stimulate new ideas and creative solutions to problems. An example is seen in the different models and metaphors chosen to describe behavior and consciousness.[6]
- If Charles Darwin had not lived, his theory of evolution would still have been published. The British naturalist, Alfred Wallace, had come to almost exactly the same theory as Darwin concerning natural selection. They jointly presented their idea to the public. If Darwin had not lived there still would have been advocates for evolution produced simply by the zeitgeist of the time period and the spurring of new thoughts and ideas outside of the usual biblical explanations for differential species existence. The zeitgeist of the time shows that natural selection would still have been introduced to the public.[6]
- The zeitgeist of the 1920s revolved around logical positivism. Due to this, the great men of that time were able to impact psychology, such as Watson, Tolman, and Guthrie. This is important because their work on behavioral psychology was able to work against eugenics. Before this time behavioral psychology was not able to impact the field since it did not fit with the spirit of the times. For example, Twitmeyer wrote a paper on knee-jerk in 1902, but it came too early to have the impact it deserved.[6]
- B F Skinner being unseated during the cognitive revolution is another example of the zeitgeist in psychology. The zeitgeist was changing during this time, people wanted to show more interest in humans, and more people were becoming interested in personality psychology. However, in the 1950s his new experimental approach to psychology using inductive reasoning and descriptive behaviorism was seen as novel and practical. Especially in contrast with psychoanalysts, whose assertions and interpretations were largely immune to rigorous, empirical inquiry, thus making validation a rather problematic task.[6]
Examples of models in business[edit]
Executives, venture capitalists, journalists and authors have argued that the idea of a zeitgeist is useful in understanding the emergence of industries, simultaneous invention and evaluating the relative value of innovations. Malcolm Gladwell argued in his book Outliersthat entrepreneurs who succeeded often share similar characteristics—early personal or significant exposure to knowledge and skills in the early stages of a nascent industry. He proposed that the timing of involvement in an industry and often in sports as well affected the probability of success. In Silicon Valley, a number of people (Peter Thiel, Alistair Davidson, Mac Levchin, Nicholas G. Carr, Vinod Khosla[7]) have argued that much of the current (2014) innovation has been shaped by easy access to the Internet, open source software, component technologies for both hardware and software (e.g., software libraries, SaaS), and the ability to reach narrow markets across a global market. Peter Thiel has commented: "There is so much incrementalism now."[8]
In a zeitgeist market, the number of new entrants is high, differentiation in high value products (the strongest predictor of new product success) is more difficult to achieve, and business models emphasizing service and solution over product and process will enhance success. Examples include innovation in product experience, legal rights and bundling, privacy rights, and agency (where businesses act on behalf of customers).[9][10][11][12]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b Eero Saarinen (2006), Shaping the Future, Yale University Press, p. 15, ISBN 9780972488129
- ^ Glenn Alexander Magee (2011), "Zeitgeist", The Hegel Dictionary, Continuum International Publishing Group, p. 262, ISBN 9781847065919
- ^ Hendrix, John Shannon. Aesthetics & The Philosophy Of Spirit. New York: Peter Lang. (2005). 4, 11.
- ^ Mike Chopra-Gant Hollywood Genres and Postwar America: Masculinity, Family and Nation in Popular Movies and Film Noir 2006 "The idea of zeitgeist as the spirit of the age demands a unanimity that is inconsistent with the fragmentation and contradiction that characterized American society and culture during the early postwar years. The concept of Zeitgeist, therefore, is a problematic tool for analyzing the films and culture of the period: the idea of the spirit of the age is an impediment to the production of a reliable impression of an age that possessed no singular, dominant spirit."
- ^ a b c d Forsyth, D. R. (2009). Group dynamics: New York: Wadsworth. [Chapter 9]
- ^ a b c d e f Hothersall, D., "History of Psychology", 2004
- ^ "Silicon Valley's Trouble with Innovation". MIT Technology Review.
- ^ "Peter Thiel". Bloomberg.
- ^ "Max Levchin". MIT Technology Review.
- ^ Nicholas Carr (6 July 2012). "Why Modern Innovation Traffics in Trifles - WSJ". WSJ.
- ^ Vinod Khosla. "Vinod Khosla: Maintain the Silicon Valley Vision". The New York Times.
- ^ "The Book - Innovation Zeitgeist". eclicktick.com.
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Zeitgeist
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| What they don't want you to know! |
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Zeitgeist[1] is an amateurishly-produced made-for-the-Internet conspiracy-mongering film. It combines some discussion of Jesus mythicism (the position that Jesus was a myth forged from the ideas of previous religions and Gods like Isis, Osiris etc.) with a double-barreled shotgun blast of crazy: income tax denial, the Federal Reserve being an elaborate plot by the international bankers to take over the world, 9/11 being a conspiracy, and we are all going to have barcodes tattooed onto us and get chipped with RFID tags. All fairly standard conspiracy stuff put together in an ultimately disjointed way. The whole movie is a ripoff of Jordan Maxwell's research.[2]
If you enjoy watching other people's paranoid delusions with cheap CGI graphics interspersed, you can watch the whole thing online.
[edit]See also
- Zeitgeist: Addendum (the sequel)
- Zeitgeist Movement (the fans of the sequel)
- Loose Change, another notable Truther movie
[edit]External links
Reviews
- Jay Kinney review on BoingBoing
- Zeitgeist: The Greatest Lie Ever Told
- The Greatest Story Ever Garbled, eSkeptic's debunking of the segments on Jesus mythicism
- Zeitgeist Part III, Webskeptic's debunking of the segments on the Federal Reserve
- Edward L Winston from skepticproject.com debunks the Zeitgeist movies.
[edit]Footnotes
- ↑ The name comes from a German expression that literally means "time-spirit" or "spirit of [the] time[s]" - the cultural, ethical and social ethos of an era. It would also be a pretty good name for a superhero -- particularly one who is a time-travelling ghost.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4_YkG-QJK8
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Examples from the Web for Zeitgeist
Contemporary Examples
- Z is for the Zeitgeist: Will the Times still be for Obama once the costs begin to kick in?
- Which just goes to show that if you wait long enough to reboot, theZeitgeist will eventually catch up with you.
- Jones was the executive producer of Loose Change, and chunks ofZeitgeist are taken from his documentary Terrorstorm.
- The point, again, is not that Alex Jones, Zeitgeist, or The Tea Party are responsible for Loughner's crimes.
- The point, again, is not that Alex Jones, Zeitgeist or The Tea Party are responsible for Loughner's crimes.
Historical Examples
- No music rooted in bookish ideas, in literary or artistic movements, will survive the mutations of the Zeitgeist.Old Fogy James Huneker
- The authors and thinkers themselves have been the first to feel theZeitgeist.The Arena Various
- Have the Zeitgeist and the Weltschmerz and the other things compared to which ‘le spleen’ was gay, done so much for us?The Rhythm of Life Alice Meynell
- That the young are the only bridge to the promised land of the Zeitgeist of capitalism.After the Rain Sam Vaknin
- Where should I go for tea and for news of the workings of the Zeitgeist?'The Convert Elizabeth Robins
British Dictionary definitions for Zeitgeist
zeitgeist
/ˈzaɪtˌɡaɪst/
noun
1.
the spirit, attitude, or general outlook of a specific time or period, esp as it is reflected in literature, philosophy, etc
Word Origin
C20: from German, literally: time spirit; see tide1, ghost
Word Origin and History for Zeitgeist
Zeitgeist in Medicine
Zeitgeist Zeit·geist (tsīt'gīst', zīt'-)
n.
The taste, outlook, and spirit characteristic of a period or generation.
n.
The taste, outlook, and spirit characteristic of a period or generation.
Zeitgeist in Culture
Zeitgeist [(tseyt-geyst, zeyt-geyst)]
The general moral, intellectual, and cultural climate of an era; Zeitgeist is German for “time-spirit.” For example, the Zeitgeist of England in theVictorian period included a belief in industrial progress, and the Zeitgeist of the 1980s in the United States was a belief in the power of money and the many ways in which to spend it.
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My drop in the ocean
“My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
In order to bring about effective change, we need a collective onslaught against old paradigms, ritualistic and religious beliefs that have been used to manipulate and enslave humankind with a disregard to other creatures and our environment. I educate myself and others while doing something practical to change the world. My lecture theatre is my lounge and sometimes my vegetable garden. I mostly educate myself but from time to time people cross my path and I have the opportunity to plant a seed so to speak. Sometimes I get to water it but mostly I hope that it will germinate and sprout a revolution.
MY RESISTANCE IS FERTILE
Starting my revolution from the ground up. Actually from below the ground if you take into account that Im making my own compost. I reused old coffee tins to collect all vegetable scraps and fruit peels and I collect grass clippings from neighbours. After a few weeks I have a heap of compost aka black gold aka ‘gun powder’ with which to arm my revolution.
I didnt know that purple cauliflower existed. Colonising my yard and my mind since December 2014
Cabbages looking awesome.
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Every week a group of volunteers get together after spending the week getting donations of clothes and ingredients for a soup kitchen organised by Ephemera.org.za for Phumlani informal settlement in Lotus River Cape Town
Whenever TZMSA Cape Town has an event, we encourage attendees to bring along a donation for Ephemera’s Food share project. We create a master blend of veggie soup thats nutritious and wholesome. For R350 we make 70L of soup and serve approxiately 500g portions of soup plus 2 slices of bread to 100 people which amounts to R3,50 per portion and that includes the gas used for fuel
Next phase in our war strategy is to start vegetable gardens wherever there’s a piece of unused ground in Phumlani.
Whenever TZMSA Cape Town has an event, we encourage attendees to bring along a donation for Ephemera’s Food share project. We create a master blend of veggie soup thats nutritious and wholesome. For R350 we make 70L of soup and serve approxiately 500g portions of soup plus 2 slices of bread to 100 people which amounts to R3,50 per portion and that includes the gas used for fuel
Next phase in our war strategy is to start vegetable gardens wherever there’s a piece of unused ground in Phumlani.
VIVA FREE FOOD REVOLUTION
An intro to political corruption
Does corruption work the same here in South Africa? Is it ok, if it is, then the majority dont have the money to bribe political parties and government. If it isn’t right then what can be done about it.
I think Buckminster Fuller said, ‘design a far superior system that renders the present system obsolete.
I think Buckminster Fuller said, ‘design a far superior system that renders the present system obsolete.
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Z-day Cape Town 2015
The Zeitgeist Movement Cape Town chapter will be hosting a Z-day event on Saturday 14 March 2015 at 4pm. We will be hosting a few speakers, covering topics on sustainability. Seating is limited so please send me an email to let me know if you will be joining us so that we can prepare if numbers exceed the available resources.
Thank you
TZM Cape Town co ordinating team
address: 12 Polaris road Nerissa Estate Lansdowne Cape Town
email: michael@tzmsa.co.za
tel: 0827233780
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email: michael@tzmsa.co.za
tel: 0827233780
GPS co ordinates: 33.994 S, 18.515 EGPS co ordinates: 33.994 S, 18.515 E
Radical new economic system will emerge from collapse of capitalism
Current economic system is headed for collapse says Jeremy Rifkin. Photograph: Linda Nylind/Linda Nylind
At the very moment of its ultimate triumph, capitalism will experience the most exquisite of deaths.
This is the belief of political adviser and author Jeremy Rifkin, who argues the current economic system has become so successful at lowering the costs of production that it has created the very conditions for the destruction of the traditional vertically integrated corporation.
Tagged with: Collaborative Commons, Collapse, Economists, Jeremy Rifkin, New economy, New System
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The Real Reason For The 40-Hour Workweek
DAVID CAIN, RAPTITUDE
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I’ve only been back at work for a few days, but already I’m noticing that the more wholesome activities are quickly dropping out of my life: walking, exercising, reading, meditating, and extra writing.
The one conspicuous similarity between Read more ›
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This Mandela Day, I Pray For Global Lucidity
Men like Mandela are my last vestige of hope.
Yesterday saw a tragic death of 4 Palestinian children who were killed in the crossfire of war… and the world is up in arms while… Read more ›
Tagged with: God, Hope, Mandela Day, Nelson Mandela, Poverty, Religion
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Be your own leader
You need to stop looking to man for leadership and get off your behind and become your own leader. The problem with looking to others for leadership is that you then have someone to blame when things go wrong whereas most people dont or wont blame themselves for their ignorance. Man is fallable and we always place an unjust, high expection on our fellow man. When he fails, then we are disappointed, not because he failed, that possibility is a reality, its because we expect him to do everything for us. Your knowledge affects me and my knowledge affects you. Your ignorance affects me and my ignorance affects you. We need to take responsibility for our own education and then those around us. With increased knowledge comes confidence and power and a simmering in your spirit. A fire will be ignited inside of you that will compel you to change and in so doing, change your environment which collectvely, ultimately changes the world.
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Cape Town beach clean up
I joined the Cape Town beach cleanup group at Eden on the Bay Saturday morning 7 June at 10 am. We were given gloves and a bag and asked to pick up any rubbish on the beach especially the plastic pieces like the little rings that are found at the bottom of plastic bottle caps. We were told that the birds eat this plastic and this results in their demise in some instances. Read more ›documentary screening Cinema Nouveau
Three Free tickets available for the screening of a documentary called Miners Shot Down by Rehad Desai produced by Uhuru Productions at Cinema Nouveau Waterfront Cape Town on Tuesday 27 May 2014. starts at 7pm email michael@tzmsa.co.za
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