Perfect Order:
Recognizing Complexity in Bali
J. Stephen Lansing

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