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

PRIESTS AND PROGRAMMERS

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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.