2012

Decoding the Countercultural Apocalypse

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-12-02
Mått:156 x 234 x 23 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:212
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781845536398

Utforska kategorier

Sociala och etiska frågor inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Joseph Gelfer, Monash University, Australia

Recensioner i media

'We have only months to go to the supposed end of the Maya Long Count calendar on 21 December 2012, so this compilation of analysis, from the spiritual to the apocalyptic to the countercultural, comes just in time to help us make sense of it all. Edited by Joseph Gelfer, who's a Melbourne-based academic, journal editor and author, these essays from nine contributors, himself included, entreat us to consider this phenomenon from a sane, historically informed viewpoint.' NEXUS Magazine, April-May 2012 'A breath of fresh air in the academic treatment of an incredibly significant and pervasive contemporary millennial phenomenon.' - The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions

Innehållsförteckning

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, independent scholar