2012: Decoding the Countercultural Apocalypse

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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 …

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Full title :2012 : Decoding the Countercultural Apocalypse.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
Place of Publication:Hoboken
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (216 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781317544142, 1317544145, 1322130906, 9781322130903, 1845536398, 9781845536398
oclc:ocn890531512
LC Classification:BF1999
Dewey Decimal:001.9

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 2012.

10 Approaching 2012: Modern Misconceptions versus Reconstructing Ancient Maya PerspectivesNotes; Index.

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Deux mille douze End of the world Fin du monde Forecasts Prophecies Prophéties REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers Twenty-first century Twenty-first century -- Forecasts Two thousand twelve, A.D Vingt et unième siècle -- Prévisions