2012 Decoding the Countercultural Apocalypse
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 ph...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis
2014.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b34707463*spi |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 216 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9781317544142 9781322130903 9781845536398 |
