Fake It till You Make It: Baudrillard, Simulation, and Ritual in Japan.
The article explores how simulation is mobilized by ritual technologies in Japan by considering the argument of social theorist Jean Baudrillard that simulation was conditioned by novel technological possibilities. Topics discussed include simulation in the ethnographic context such as how Christian...
| Published in: | Magic, Ritual & Witchcraft Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 230 - 254 |
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Spring2026
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