2012 : decoding the countercultural apocalypse / edited by Joseph Gelfer.

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Gelfer, Joseph [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781317544135
1317544137
9781317544142
1317544145
9781317544128
1317544129
1315728842
9781315728841
1844658902
9781844658909

Other title:

Twenty twelve
Two thousand and twelve

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Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

001.9 23

LOC classification:

BF1999 .A13 2014

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Contents:

1. Introduction / Joseph Gelfer -- 2. The 2012 phenomenon : new uses for an ancient Maya calendar (Robert K. Sitler) -- 3. Maya prophecies, 2012 and the problematic nature of truth / Mark van Stone -- 4. Mayanism comes of (new) age / John. W. Hoopes -- 5. The 2012 milieu? hybridity, diversity and stigmatised knowledge / Pete Lentini -- 6. Chichén itzá and Chicken Little: how pseudosciences embraced 2012 / Kristine Larsen -- 7. Roland Emmerich's 2012 : a simple truth / Andrea Austin -- 8. The 2012 movement, visionary arts and psytrance culture / Graham St John -- 9. In a prophetic voice : Australasia 2012 / Joseph Gelfer -- 10. Approaching 2012 : modern misconceptions vs. reconstructing ancient maya perspectives / John Major Jenkins.

Summary: 21 December 2012 was believed to mark the end of the thirteenth B'ak'tun cycle in the Long Count of the Mayan calendar. Many people believed this date to mark the end of the world or, at the very least, a shift to a new form of global consciousness. Examining how much of the phenomenon is based on the historical record and how much is contemporary fiction, the book explores the landscape of the modern apocalyptic imagination, the economics of the spiritual marketplace, the commodification of countercultural values, and the cult of celebrity.

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Previously issued in print: 2010.

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21 December 2012 was believed to mark the end of the thirteenth B'ak'tun cycle in the Long Count of the Mayan calendar. Many people believed this date to mark the end of the world or, at the very least, a shift to a new form of global consciousness. Examining how much of the phenomenon is based on the historical record and how much is contemporary fiction, the book explores the landscape of the modern apocalyptic imagination, the economics of the spiritual marketplace, the commodification of countercultural values, and the cult of celebrity.

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