{"id":1065,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/everywhere-inequality-is-a-cause-of-revolution-aristotle-comment-upsc-psir-2017-1201\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:40","slug":"everywhere-inequality-is-a-cause-of-revolution-aristotle-comment-upsc-psir-2017-1201","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/everywhere-inequality-is-a-cause-of-revolution-aristotle-comment-upsc-psir-2017-1201\/","title":{"rendered":"Everywhere, inequality is a cause of revolution &#8211; Aristotle. Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 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\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> quote = heart of <b class=\"pq-sc\">Aristotle<\/b>\u2019s revolution theory <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> revolution = any change in constitution\/rulers, big or small <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> root cause = injustice bred by inequality<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> revolution defined broadly <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> among many causes, inequality the deepest <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> because it breeds a sense of injustice<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>proportionate justice <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> injustice = equals treated unequally \/ unequals treated equally <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> felt mis-distribution of honour, office, wealth <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> discontent <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> rebellion <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> inequality real or imagined <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> relative deprivation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> perceived injustice = most combustible material <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Canevaro &amp; Mantzouranis<\/b>: clashing proportional-equality conceptions <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> roots of <i>stasis \/ metabole<\/i> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> remedy: strong middle class + mixed polity <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> narrows gap, softens resentment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p><b class=\"pq-sc\">Aristotle<\/b> narrow + status-quoist (revolution only political, seeks prevention) vs <b class=\"pq-sc\">Marx<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> revolution as structural transformation, driving force of history<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> claim powerful but limited <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> link between inequality and instability stays sharp<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> perceived injustice, not poverty alone, is the real trigger <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> insight holds across regimes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[45],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[56],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1065","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-45","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-western-political-thought","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1065","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\/1065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4659,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1065\/revisions\/4659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}