When something good or tragic occurs and causes a temporary status of oneness and equality among all people affected, it is called:

A) egalitarianism.
B) communitas.
C) liminality.
D) syncretism.
E) unification.


B

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What was the relationship between the discipline of Anthropology and the European Enlightenment?

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Usually, a 'cold' is caused by:

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Conflict theory was central to the work of which social scientist?

A) Charles Darwin B) Karl Marx C) Franz Boas D) Bronislaw Malinowski E) Margaret Mead

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