Priests and Programmers: Technologies of Power in the Engineered Landscape of Bali 9781400827633
For the Balinese, the whole of nature is a perpetual resource: through centuries of carefully directed labor, the engine
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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 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
Citation preview
PRIESTS AND PROGRAMMERS
T E C H N O L O G I E S OF POWER IN THE ENGINEERED
LANDSCAPE
OF B A L I
With a new foreword by William C. Clark and a new preface by the author
/. Stephen Lansing
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON AND OXFORD
Copyright © 1991 by Princeton University Press Foreword © 2007 by Princeton University Press Preface to the 2007 Edition © 2007 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 3 Market Place, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1SY All Rights Reserved First edition, 1991 Reprinted, with a new foreword and preface, 2007 ISBN-13: 978-0-691-13066-8 ISBN-10: 0-691-13066-3 The Library of Congress has cataloged the first edition of this book as follows Lansing, John Stephen. Priests and programmers : technologies of power in the engineered landscape of Bali / J. Stephen Lansing. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-691-09466-7 (cl.) — ISBN 0-691-02863-X (pbk.) 1. Rites and ceremonies—Indonesia—Bali (Province). 2. Irrigation—Indonesia—Bali (Province)—Management. 3. Irrigation—Indonesia—Bali (Province)—Religious aspects. 4. Temples—Indonesia—Bali (Province). 5. Bali (Indonesia : Province)—Politics and government. I. Title. 1991 GN635.I65L35 306.3'49—dc20 91-9993 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available This book has been composed in Linotron Sabon Printed on acid-free paper.