Lansing Perfect Order

Recognizing Complexity in Bali
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4586-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Studies in Complexity

J. Stephen Lansing is professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona, external professor at the Santa Fe Institute, and senior research fellow at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. He is the author of Priests and Programmers and The Balinese, and writer and codirector of documentary films such as Three Worlds of Bali and The Goddess and the Computer.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lansing, J. Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Chapter 1: Introduction 1

Chapter 2: Origins of Subaks and Water Temples 20

Chapter 3: The Emergence of Cooperation on Water Mountains 67

Chapter 4: Tyrants, Sorcerers, and Democrats 88

Chapter 5: Hieroglyphs of Reason 122

Chapter 6: Demigods at the Summit 153

Chapter 7: Achieving Perfect Order 190

Additional Publications from the Subak Research Projects 213

Index 217

Über Autor(innen)

J. Stephen Lansing is professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona, external professor at the Santa Fe Institute, and senior research fellow at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. He is the author of Priests and Programmers and The Balinese, and writer and codirector of documentary films such as Three Worlds of Bali and The Goddess and the Computer.