Agricultural Involution

Agricultural Involution: The Processes of Ecological Change in Indonesia
Cover page of 1st edition published in 1963
AuthorClifford Geertz
LanguageEnglish
Published1963
PublisherUniversity of California Press
Publication placeUnited States
ISBN978-0-520-00459-7

Agricultural Involution: The Processes of Ecological Change in Indonesia is one of the most famous of the early works of Clifford Geertz. Its principal thesis is that many centuries of intensifying wet-rice cultivation in Indonesia had produced greater social complexity without significant technological or political change, a process Geertz terms—"involution". The term, also known as Neijuan, has drawn significant attention in China since its introduction in China's social sciences research, making it one of the most popular buzzwords in China.[1][2]

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