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Meaning of zeitgeist



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Felipe Lorenzo del Río

zeitgeist
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German term that Hegel devised and used other philosophers of the nineteenth joining two words, very German, of this language: Zeit, chronological time and Geist, spirit, as the companion says. The Spirit of the times, that is, the socio-cultural identity, the tendencies and characteristics of human culture in each historical moment at the global level or more in particular. Other terms close to the German idealist philosophers of this century are Volkgeist, the spirit of the people, the feeling that a people has of themselves, of their values and history or Nationalgeist, the national spirit, the national identity.

  



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John Rene Plaut

ZEITGEIST of the German Zeit, weather and Geist, intelligence, spirit. It refers to the intellectual environment or climate of an era. 2 . 2 Films dealing with the rational and well-shared use of all planetary resources and under ecological sustainability criteria. 3 . Movement created in 2008 that tries to turn all resources into world heritage and implement the ideas of Zeitgeist documentaries : The movie and Zeitgeist : Addendum ( annex )

  










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