TY - BOOK AU - Karthick Ram Manoharan AU - MANOHARAN (Karthick Ram) TI - Periyar: : A study in political atheism SN - 9789354421679 U1 - 305.89 23 PY - 2022/// CY - Hyderabad PB - Orient Blackswan KW - Ramasamy and the Ramayana KW - Marxism KW - Anarchism KW - Periyarism KW - Islam and Buddhism KW - Hinduism N1 - Table 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 N2 - This 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 ER -