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The Cambridge companion to Periyar /
The Cambridge companion to Periyar /
Edited by A. R. Venkatachalapathy & Karthick Ram Manoharan
- New Delhi / Cambridge University Press / 2025.
- x, 265 pages 23 cm.
- Cambridge companions to history .
Acknowledgments -
Introducing an Iconoclast A. R. Venkatachalapathy and Karthick Ram Manoharan -
I. Events that made Periyar:
1. Periyar and the Vaikom Satyagraha Pazha Athiyaman -
2. Periyar, Ambedkar, and the Poona Pact A. Thiruneelakandan -
II. The Politics of Periyar:
3. EVR's Non-Brahmin Cosmopolitanism, Periyar's Dravidian Nationalism, and the Appearance of Humankind Matthew H. Baxter -
4. Periyar and the Forging of a Horizontal Dravidian-Tamil Solidarity K. R. Vignesh Karthik -
5. The Double-Barreled Gun: Periyar and Anna after the Split in the Dravidar Kazhagam A. R. Venkatachalapathy -
III. Religion, Caste and Identity:
6. The Rationale for Reason: Periyar on Religion Sundar Kaali -
7. Periyar's Anti-Aryanism: A Genealogy, A Synopsis, and A Critique Karthick Ram Manoharan -
8. Periyar in Singapore: Transnationalism and Decolonisation Darinee Alagirisamy -
IV. Women and Culture:
9. Periyar, the Women's Question, and Maniyammai Karthick Ram Manoharan and Vilasini Ramani -
10. Periyar's Engagement with Literature Antony Arul Valan -
11. Periyar, Art, and Cinema Swarnavel Eswaran -
V. Labor and Dignity:
12. The Social subsumes the Economic: Periyar's Reading of Economic Power in Caste Society M. Vijayabaskar -
13. Liberation Notes, Dignity, and Periyar: A Radical Cultural Psychology Perspective Ramaswami Mahalingam
For Further Reading -
Index.
The Cambridge Companion to Periyar is a timely academic intervention which brings together scholars working on different aspects of modern Tamil politics, taking diverse perspectives, to comment on Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, the significant thinker whose thoughts inform political practices in contemporary Tamil Nadu. As the chapters seek to demonstrate, Periyar's thoughts can have a pan-Indian and a global significance, informing conversations on caste, gender, religion, regionalism, nationalism, and social justice. Likewise, in the wake of wider conversations on bringing diversity to the academic disciplines, this volume on Periyar will draw attention to a non-canonical thinker whose important intellectual and political contributions transcend the limits of his context. The volume brings together established academics in the field as well as early career researchers to provide the first of its kind companion to Periyar. Tapping new sources, challenging myths, and crossing disciplinary boundaries, this volume presents a Periyar for the times.
Brings conversations from the Tamil world to a global audience
Engagement with new primary material
Chapters on Periyar from multi-disciplinary perspectives
9781009605359 (paperback)
Area Studies
South Asian Government
Politics and Policy
Political Sociology
Politics and International Relations
Sociology
320.95482
Acknowledgments -
Introducing an Iconoclast A. R. Venkatachalapathy and Karthick Ram Manoharan -
I. Events that made Periyar:
1. Periyar and the Vaikom Satyagraha Pazha Athiyaman -
2. Periyar, Ambedkar, and the Poona Pact A. Thiruneelakandan -
II. The Politics of Periyar:
3. EVR's Non-Brahmin Cosmopolitanism, Periyar's Dravidian Nationalism, and the Appearance of Humankind Matthew H. Baxter -
4. Periyar and the Forging of a Horizontal Dravidian-Tamil Solidarity K. R. Vignesh Karthik -
5. The Double-Barreled Gun: Periyar and Anna after the Split in the Dravidar Kazhagam A. R. Venkatachalapathy -
III. Religion, Caste and Identity:
6. The Rationale for Reason: Periyar on Religion Sundar Kaali -
7. Periyar's Anti-Aryanism: A Genealogy, A Synopsis, and A Critique Karthick Ram Manoharan -
8. Periyar in Singapore: Transnationalism and Decolonisation Darinee Alagirisamy -
IV. Women and Culture:
9. Periyar, the Women's Question, and Maniyammai Karthick Ram Manoharan and Vilasini Ramani -
10. Periyar's Engagement with Literature Antony Arul Valan -
11. Periyar, Art, and Cinema Swarnavel Eswaran -
V. Labor and Dignity:
12. The Social subsumes the Economic: Periyar's Reading of Economic Power in Caste Society M. Vijayabaskar -
13. Liberation Notes, Dignity, and Periyar: A Radical Cultural Psychology Perspective Ramaswami Mahalingam
For Further Reading -
Index.
The Cambridge Companion to Periyar is a timely academic intervention which brings together scholars working on different aspects of modern Tamil politics, taking diverse perspectives, to comment on Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, the significant thinker whose thoughts inform political practices in contemporary Tamil Nadu. As the chapters seek to demonstrate, Periyar's thoughts can have a pan-Indian and a global significance, informing conversations on caste, gender, religion, regionalism, nationalism, and social justice. Likewise, in the wake of wider conversations on bringing diversity to the academic disciplines, this volume on Periyar will draw attention to a non-canonical thinker whose important intellectual and political contributions transcend the limits of his context. The volume brings together established academics in the field as well as early career researchers to provide the first of its kind companion to Periyar. Tapping new sources, challenging myths, and crossing disciplinary boundaries, this volume presents a Periyar for the times.
Brings conversations from the Tamil world to a global audience
Engagement with new primary material
Chapters on Periyar from multi-disciplinary perspectives
9781009605359 (paperback)
Area Studies
South Asian Government
Politics and Policy
Political Sociology
Politics and International Relations
Sociology
320.95482