{"id":1032,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/comment-on-liberalism-as-a-revolutionary-idea-150-words-fe-rn-upsc-psir-2020-0806\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:16","slug":"comment-on-liberalism-as-a-revolutionary-idea-150-words-upsc-psir-2020-0806","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-liberalism-as-a-revolutionary-idea-150-words-upsc-psir-2020-0806\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment on Liberalism as a revolutionary idea. [150 words]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 Liberalism born in crisis of feudalism \u2014 not reform but replacement of political foundations G) Liberal ideas entered history as challenge to entire inherited order \u2014 birth, status, divine right<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Feudalism + absolutism as target \u2192 Locke: natural rights, consent, limited government \u2192 individual replaces king as unit of politics \u2192 Glorious Revolution, American Revolution, French Revolution as proof \u2192 economic transformation: free market breaks feudal restrictions \u2192 political transformation: constitutionalism, civil rights, representation replace monarchy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">) Marx: liberalism revolutionary only in dismantling feudalism; once capitalism secured, it turned into ideology defending new privilege<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">G@) Revolutionary at origin, conservative in maturity \u2014 ideas outlasted the impulse R1 Its lasting contribution: it made individual rights the permanent grammar of modern politics<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[41],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[53],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1032","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-41","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-political-ideologies","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3305,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1032\/revisions\/3305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}