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khang

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Clyde Kluckhohn argued that, for the Navajo, witchcraft
 
  a. causes innocent people to be punished for acts they could not have committed.
  b. creates suspicions and conflicts among neighbors and relatives.
  c. preserves solidarity between relatives by displacing hostility to outsiders.
  d. is used as a political weapon.

Question 2

Among the Azande, illness and many other forms of misfortune are all blamed on witchcraft. This illustrates the ____ of witchcraft.
 
  a. sociological interpretation
  b. cognitive interpretation
  c. interpretivist theory
  d. functional theory



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

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