Joseph Gelfer

2012

Decoding the Countercultural Apocalypse

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Produktbeschreibung

Brings together a range of scholarly analyses on the 2012 phenomena. This title examines how much of the 2012 phenomenon is based on the historical record and how much is contemporary fiction. It reveals the landscape of the modern apocalyptic imagination, the economics of the spiritual marketplace, and more.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 164mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 483g
• ISBN-13: 9781845536398
• ISBN-10: 1845536398
• Artikelnr.: 29942501

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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