02804cam a2200469Mu 4500 ocn890531512 OCoLC 20200709060225.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140913s2014 xx o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP N$T 9781317544142 electronic bk. 1317544145 electronic bk. (OCoLC)890531512 846580 (N$T) BF1999 REF 018000 bisacsh 001.9 23 N$TA Gelfer, Joseph. 2012 [electronic resource] : Decoding the Countercultural Apocalypse. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014. 1 online resource (216 p.) Description based upon print version of record. Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The 2012 Phenomenon: New Uses for an Ancient Maya Calendar; 3 Maya Prophecies, 2012 and the Problematic Nature of Truth; 4 Mayanism Comes of (New) Age; 5 The 2012 Milieu? Hybridity, Diversity and Stigmatised Knowledge; 6 Chichén Itzá and Chicken Little: How Pseudosciences Embraced 2012; 7 Roland Emmerich's 2012: A Simple Truth; 8 The 2012 Movement, Visionary Arts and Psytrance Culture; 9 In a Prophetic Voice: Australasia 2012 10 Approaching 2012: Modern Misconceptions versus Reconstructing Ancient Maya PerspectivesNotes; Index 21 December 2012 was believed to mark the end of the thirteenth B''ak''tun cycle in the Long Count of the Mayan calendar. Many people believed this date to mark the end of the world or, at the very least, a shift to a new form of global consciousness. Examining how much of the phenomenon is based on the historical record and how much is contemporary fiction, the book explores the landscape of the modern apocalyptic imagination, the economics of the spiritual marketplace, the commodification of countercultural values, and the cult of celebrity. Two thousand twelve, A.D. Twenty-first century Forecasts. Prophecies. End of the world. REFERENCE / Questions & Answers bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Gelfer, Joseph 2012 : Decoding the Countercultural Apocalypse Hoboken : Taylor and Francis,c2014 9781845536398 http://public.eblib.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=1782461 Ebook Library EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=846580 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1782461 EBSCOhost EBSC 846580 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 55447 55447