J. Stephen Lansing

Priests and Programmers

Technologies of Power in the Engineered Landscape of Bali

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Produktbeschreibung

Describes the network of water temples that managed the flow of irrigation water in the name of the Goddess of the Crater Lake. Using the techniques of ecological simulation modeling, this book argues that the system of temple rituals is not only a reflection of utilitarian constraints but also a basic ingredient in organization of production.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Revised ed
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9780691130668
• ISBN-10: 0691130663
• Artikelnr.: 22604107

Autorenporträt

J. Stephen Lansing is a Professor at the Santa Fe Institute and in the departments of Anthropology and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona. He is the author of Perfect Order: Recognizing Complexity in Bali (Princeton).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures xi
List of Tables xiii
Foreword xv
Preface to the 2007 Edition xix
Acknowledgments xxxi
Introduction: The Gods of the Countryside 1
Chapter One: "Income to Which No Tears Are Attached" 17
Chapter Two: The Powers of Water 37
Chapter Three: The Waters of Power 50
Chapter Four: The Temple of the Crater Lake 73
Chapter Six: Massive Guidance 111
Conclusion: Sociogensis 127
Afterword by Valerio Valeri 134
Appendix A: Plan of the Temple of the Crater lake 145
Appendic B: Technical Report on the Ecological Simulation Model by James N.
Kremer 153
Notes 159
Index 181