01758nam a22002777a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100080008308200210009110000270011224500440013926000380018330000270022136500590024844000290030752006280033652103800096465000300134465000120137465000140138665000150140065000230141565000130143870000290145120221028153131.0221028b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9789354421679  cAL  aeng  223a305.89bMANP  aKarthick Ram Manoharan  aPeriyar: bA study in political atheism  aHyderabadbOrient Blackswanc2022  axi,133p.bPBc21x14cm.  2Philosophya4940b180.00c₹d225.00e20%f17-10-2022  aLiterary cultural theory  aThis volume is a thematic study of the work and ideas of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy. It analyses Periyar's emancipatory, irreverent and revolutionary critique of religion using the idea of 'political atheism'. Drawing extensively from Periyar's own writings, contemporary accounts of Dravidian politics and the theory of Anarchism, this groundbreaking study provides a new perspective on Periyar's engagements with religion, caste and their collaborations with the state. Periyar is not just a new appraisal of 'Periyarism' but a reminder of its continuing significance in global conversations on justice, equality and liberty.  aTable of Contents:
Acknowledgements

1. The Complete Rationalist as Anti-philosopher
Introducing Periyar

2. Political Atheism
Marxism, Anarchism, Periyarism

3. Ramasamy and the Ramayana
Periyar’s Approach to Hinduism

4. Emancipation through Conversion?
Periyar, Islam and Buddhism

5. Conclusion: Periyar for Our Times

Glossary of Select Terms
Texts for Further Reading  aRamasamy and the Ramayana  aMarxism  aAnarchism  aPeriyarism  aIslam and Buddhism  aHinduism  aMANOHARAN (Karthick Ram)