03039oam 2200661I 450 991046488870332120200520144314.01-315-72884-21-317-54414-51-84465-890-210.4324/9781315728841 (CKB)3710000000087071(EBL)1782461(SSID)ssj0001115504(PQKBManifestationID)11607049(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001115504(PQKBWorkID)11084055(PQKB)10207686(MiAaPQ)EBC1782461(Au-PeEL)EBL1782461(CaPaEBR)ebr10834930(CaONFJC)MIL644344(OCoLC)890531512(OCoLC)891659511(EXLCZ)99371000000008707120180706e20142011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccr2012 decoding the countercultural apocalypse /edited by Joseph GelferLondon :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (216 p.)First published 2011 by Equinox, an imprint of Acumen.1-322-13090-6 1-84553-639-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The 2012 Phenomenon: New Uses for an Ancient Maya Calendar; 3 Maya Prophecies, 2012 and the Problematic Nature of Truth; 4 Mayanism Comes of (New) Age; 5 The 2012 Milieu? Hybridity, Diversity and Stigmatised Knowledge; 6 Chichén Itzá and Chicken Little: How Pseudosciences Embraced 2012; 7 Roland Emmerich's 2012: A Simple Truth; 8 The 2012 Movement, Visionary Arts and Psytrance Culture; 9 In a Prophetic Voice: Australasia 201210 Approaching 2012: Modern Misconceptions versus Reconstructing Ancient Maya PerspectivesNotes; Index21 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.Two thousand twelve, A.DTwenty-first centuryForecastsPropheciesEnd of the worldElectronic books.Two thousand twelve, A.D.Twenty-first centuryProphecies.End of the world.001.9Gelfer Joseph947899FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK991046488870332120122142618UNINA