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100			_aKarthick Ram Manoharan _960458
245			_aPeriyar: _bA study in political atheism
260			_aHyderabad _bOrient Blackswan _c2022
300			_axi,133p. _bPB _c21x14cm.
365			_2Philosophy _a4940 _b180.00 _c₹ _d225.00 _e20% _f17-10-2022
440			_aLiterary cultural theory _960384
520			_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.
521			_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
650			_aRamasamy and the Ramayana _960357
650			_aMarxism _960358
650			_aAnarchism _960359
650			_aPeriyarism _960360
650			_aIslam and Buddhism _960361
650			_aHinduism _960362
700			_aMANOHARAN (Karthick Ram) _960363
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