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

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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 t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lansing, John Stephen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Temples.
Rites and ceremonies.
Politics and government.
Irrigation > Management.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Irrigation > Indonesie > Bali (Province) > Aspect religieux.
Rites et ceremonies > Indonesie > Bali (Province)
Temples > Indonesia > Bali (Province)
Irrigation > Indonesia > Bali (Province) > Religious aspects.
Irrigation > Indonesia > Bali (Province) > Management.
Rites and ceremonies > Indonesia > Bali (Province)
Indonesia > Bali (Province)
Bali (Indonesia : Province) > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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 Observation 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.

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