Tribal societies, which are typically organized by village life or membership in descent groups, tend to be egalitarian. However, egalitarianism diminishes
A. as tribal leaders gain too much power and start to put it to use to buy favors.
B. as village size and population density increase.
C. as the village head's family grows.
D. the closer one is to the big man's wife.
E. as the overall population ages.
Question 2
According to Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault,
A. it is easier and more effective to dominate people in their minds than to try to control their bodies.
B. if state institutions such as prisons and schools are able to control people's bodies, their minds will follow.
C. anthropologists have no business studying the process of how the dominant ideology becomes internalized, since this is the job of psychologists and political scientists.
D. overt violence is critical in order for a state to succeed in dominating its population.
E. anatomically modern humans have a long way to go in the process of evolution, since they are so easily tricked into believing that forms of state control are both natural and good.
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