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“Social conflict is both a cause and a consequence of social change.” Explain.

  • UPSC 2016
  • Social Change in Modern Society

The statement asserts a feedback loop rather than two separate propositions. Change disturbs an existing distribution of resources and honour; the disturbance produces conflict; conflict forces redistribution; and redistribution is itself further change. Georg Simmel established the premise by treating conflict as a form of sociation — a relationship, not its breakdown.

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  • Conflict as a cause of change
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