TY - BOOK AU - Karthick Ram Manoharan TI - Periyar : a study in political atheism T2 - Literary/Cultural Theory SN - 9789354421679 U1 - 303.484092 PY - 2022/// CY - Hyderabad PB - Orient Black Swan KW - Biographies KW - Criticism KW - Tamil Nadu Politicians Politicians KW - India Tamil Nadu Politiciens N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index 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 -