Priests and Programmers : : Technologies of Power in the Engineered Landscape of Bali / / J. Stephen Lansing.
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 t...
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
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Table of 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
- Appendix A. Plan of the Temple of the Crater Lake
- Appendix B. Technical Report on the Ecological Simulation Model
- Notes
- Index