Political revolutions are always preceded by social and religious revolutions

Evidence

The illustrations which I have taken in support of the proposition that social and religious problems have a bearing on political constitutions seem to be too particular. Perhaps they are. But it should not be supposed that the bearing of the one on the other is limited. On the other hand, one can say that generally speaking, history bears out the proposition that political revolutions have always been preceded by social and religious revolutions. The religious reformation started by Luther28 was the precursor of the political emancipation of the European people. In England, Puritanism led to the establishment of political liberty. Puritanism founded the new world. It was Puritanism which won the war of American independence, and Puritanism was a religious movement. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 843

The illustrations which I have taken in support of the proposition that social and religious problems have a bearing on political constitutions seem to be too particular. Perhaps they are. But it should not be supposed that the bearing of the one on the other is limited. On the other hand, one can say that generally speaking, history bears out the proposition that political revolutions have always been preceded by social and religious revolutions. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 843

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Marxist and Weberian debates about whether religious/cultural change precedes political-economic change; also to the reader’s core reading purpose about the sequence of caste annihilation.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 843