2012

Decoding the Countercultural Apocalypse

Joseph Gelfer

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Equinox Publishing Ltd
02 December 2011

Alternative belief systems; Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge

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.

By: Joseph Gelfer
Imprint: Equinox Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9781845536398
ISBN 10: 1845536398
Pages: 212
Publication Date: 02 December 2011
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joseph Gelfer recently submitted a PhD in religious studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is currently an Honorary Research Associate at the School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Australia. Joseph is the author of Numen, Old Men: Contemporary Masculine Spiritualities and the Problem of Patriarchy (Equinox, 2009) and founding and current editor of Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality.

Reviews for 2012: Decoding the Countercultural Apocalypse

'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