Priests and Programmers

Technologies of Power in the Engineered Landscape of Bali

By: J. Stephen Lansing, William C. Clark (Foreword by)

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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 reflection of utilitarian constraints but also a basic ingredient in the organization of production.

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"[A]n enjoyable and stimulating book."--Geoffrey Samuel, Journal of Asian Studies "Priests and Programmers is written with admirable clarity and should be of interest ... to anybody working on applied social research."--Michael Hitchcock, Contemporary South Asia "[B]rilliant and delightful... [N]ot only has [Lansing] written a superb book, but he has contributed materially and humanely to the quality of life of the people he has studied. Too few scholars can make this claim."--Bryan Pfaffenberger, Technology and Culture "This is fascinating cultural anthropology, even history of religions."--Edward H. Schroeder, Missiology

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List of Figures	p. xi
List of Tables	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xv
Preface to the 2007 Edition	p. xix
Acknowledgments	p. xxxi
Introduction: The Gods of the Countryside	p. 3
"Income to Which No Tears Are Attached"	p. 17
The Powers of Water	p. 37
The Waters of Power	p. 59
The Temple of the Crater Lake	p. 73
Chance Observations and the Metaphysics of Taxation	p. 95
Massive Guidance	p. 111
Conclusion: Sociogenesis	p. 127
Afterword	p. 134
Plan of the Temple of the Crater Lake	p. 145
Technical Report on the Ecological Simulation Model	p. 153
Notes	p. 159
Index	p. 181
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