Aristotle's famous work is revolution.
Revolution: the Greece govt. gave food for same serious through regarding the state. He used the term “sedition” revolution. Revolution is a movement which produces changing constitutions in the form of government. It may be complete or incomplete with different degrees.
Degrees of Revolution:
There are 3 degrees of
- A revolution which may take the form of changing constitution or the government.
- A revolution which may grasp the power only without changing the constitution.
- A revolution which may arise against not the entire state rather a particular institution or a group of people.
Causes of Revolution
- General Causes: It is applicable are all situations. Inequality is the main cause of general revolution.
- Particular Causes: It is observe for particular situation.
- The state of mind (Psychological).
- Objectives at state (for profit honor, loss or disgrace).
- Occasion
- Profit/loss
- Honor/disagree
- Insolence/fear
- Under superiority
- Content
- Election Increase
- Willful negligence
- Particular Causes of Revolution in Particular Situation: Some forms of government. Exam: Democracy, Totalitarian.
- In Democracy: The political demagogues tend to revolution by attacking the rich individually or collectively.
- Oligarchies: The unjust treatment and discerns inside governing class.
- In aristocracies: The policy of narrowing the circle of govt. is the basic reason.
- In polity: Deviation from justice is the main cause of revolution.
- In Monarch: Resentment, fear, contempt, desire for fame etc.
Democracy is the opposite oligarchies
The Prevention of Revolution
- General way to prevent revolution:
- Strictness with law enforcement
- No reliance of the rulers on people.
- Informing people with the fear of foreign attack.
- Solidarity in rank of the rulers.
- Avoiding extreme richness of ruler as well as preneuring.
- Public avoiding.
- Elimination of inequality.
- Ensuring high places for eligible.
- Distributing rewards and honor.
- Particular way to prevent revolution:
- Democracy, aristocracy and oligarchy: saving them from being pushed to the extreme level.
- Monarchy: keeping limitation power of the ruler.
- Tyranny: prevention of public humiliation
Criticism
- Aristotle support the property, Aristotle did not support the property.