Priests and Programmers : Technologies of Power in the Engineered Landscape of Bali / J. Stephen Lansing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lansing, J. Stephen, author.

Contributor:

Clark, William C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Temples--Indonesia--Bali (Province).

Temples.

Irrigation--Indonesia--Bali (Province)--Religious aspects.

Irrigation.

Irrigation--Indonesia--Bali (Province)--Management.

Rites and ceremonies--Indonesia--Bali (Province).

Rites and ceremonies.

Bali (Indonesia : Province)--Politics and government.

Bali (Indonesia : Province).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For the Balinese, the whole of nature is a perpetual resource: through centuries of carefully directed labor, the engineered landscape of the island's rice terraces has taken shape. According to Stephen Lansing, the need for effective cooperation in water management links thousands of farmers together in hierarchies of productive relationships that span entire watersheds. Lansing describes the network of water temples that once managed the flow of irrigation water in the name of the Goddess of the Crater Lake. Using the techniques of ecological simulation modeling as well as cultural and historical analysis, Lansing argues that the symbolic system of temple rituals is not merely a reflection of utilitarian constraints but also a basic ingredient in the organization of production.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Foreword

Preface to the 2007 Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction. The Gods of the Countryside

Chapter One. "Income to Which No Tears Are Attached"

Chapter Two. The Powers of Water

Chapter Three. The Waters of Power

Chapter Four. The Temple of the Crater Lake

Chapter Five. Chance Observations and the Metaphysics of Taxation

Chapter Six. Massive Guidance

Conclusion. Sociogenesis

Afterword / Valeri, Valerio

Appendix A. Plan of the Temple of the Crater Lake

Appendix B. Technical Report on the Ecological Simulation Model / Kremer, James N.

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-282-15887-2

9786612158872

1-4008-2763-9

OCLC:

440772550