Joseph Gelfer

2012 (eBook, PDF)

Decoding the Countercultural Apocalypse

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317544142
• Artikelnr.: 41506136

Autorenporträt

Joseph Gelfer, Monash University, Australia

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Michael D. Coe
Yale University 1. Introduction Joseph Gelfer 2. The 2012 Phenomenon: New Uses for an Ancient Mayan Calendar Robert K. Sitler
Stetson University 3. Maya Prophesies
2012 and the Problematic Nature of Truth Mark Van Stone
Southwestern College 4. Mayanism Comes of (New) Age John W. Hoopes
Kansas University 5. The 2012 Milieu: Hybridity
Diversity and Stigmatised Knowledge Peter Lentini
Monash University 6. Chichen Itza and Chicken Little: How Pseudosciences Embraced 2012 Kristine Larsen
Central Connecticut State University 7. Roland Emmerich's 2012: A Simple Truth Andrea Austin
Wilfrid Laurier University 8. The 2012 Movement
Visionary Arts and Psytrance Culture Graham St John
University of Regina 9. In a Prophetic Voice: Australasia 2012 Joseph Gelfer 10. Approaching 2012: Modern Misconceptions vs. Reconstructing Ancient Maya Perspectives John Major Jenkins
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