TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lansing,John Stephen
TI  - Perfect order: recognizing complexity in Bali 
T2  - Princeton studies in complexity
SN  - 9781400845866
AV  - GN635.I65 
U1  - 959.8/6 23
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Balinese (Indonesian people)
KW  - Rites and ceremonies
KW  - Caste
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - Bali (Province)
KW  - Rice
KW  - Irrigation
KW  - Social systems
KW  - Balinais
KW  - Rites et cérémonies
KW  - Castes
KW  - Indonésie
KW  - Riz
KW  - Systèmes sociaux
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Asia
KW  - Southeast Asia
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Cultural
KW  - fast
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Reisanbau
KW  - swd
KW  - Tempel
KW  - Bewässerung
KW  - Kulturanthropologie
KW  - Bali (Indonesia : Province)
KW  - Bali (Indonésie : Province)
KW  - Civilisation
KW  - Bali
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Title from PDF title page (viewed on Oct. 24, 2012); Includes bibliographical references and index; Origins of subaks and water temples -- The emergence of cooperation on water mountains -- Tyrants, sorcerers, and democrats -- Hieroglyphs of reason -- Demigods at the summit -- Achieving perfect order
N2  - "Perfect Order - a groundbreaking work at the nexus of conservation, complexity theory, and anthropology - describes a series of fieldwork projects ranging from the archaeology of the water temples to their ecological functions and their place in Balinese cosmology. Stephen Lansing shows that the temple networks are fragile, vulnerable to the cross-currents produced by competition among male descent groups. But the feminine rites of water temples mirror the farmers' awareness that when they act in unison, small miracles of order occur regularly, as the jewel-like perfection of the rice terraces produces general prosperity. Much of this is barely visible from within the horizons of Western social theory."--Jacket
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