Priests and Programmers Technologies of Power in the Engineered Landscape of Bali

Name: Priests and Programmers Technologies of Power in the Engineered Landscape of Bali
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ISBN: 9780691130668

ISBN-10: 0691130663

ISBN-13: 9780691130668

Edition: 2007 (Revised)

Authors: J. Stephen Lansing, William C. Clark

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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…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 4/29/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.13" long x 0.53" tall
Weight: 0.682

William C. Clark is Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.



List of Figures


List of Tables


Foreword


Preface to the 2007 Edition


Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Gods of the Countryside



"Income to Which No Tears Are Attached"



The Powers of Water



The Waters of Power



The Temple of the Crater Lake



Chance Observations and the Metaphysics of Taxation



Massive Guidance


Conclusion: Sociogenesis


Afterword




Plan of the Temple of the Crater Lake



Technical Report on the Ecological Simulation Model



Notes


Index