Rationalism, Humanism and Atheism in Twentieth Century Indian Thought by Dr. Ramendra in collaboration with Dr. Kawaljeet.
Published by Buddhiwadi Foundation as a free ebook.
The book contains biography and ideas of eight thinkers of
twentieth century India:
Periyar, M. N. Roy, Ambedkar, Gora, Kovoor, A. B. Shah, Narsingh Narain and Ramswaroop Verma. In addition to a brief life sketch of each of them, the author has particularly concentrated on their views on issues of relevance to
rationalism-humanism.He has compared and contrasted these thinkers with one another, and other related thinkers, wherever possible, before making some critical comments on them in the concluding chapter,"Some Critical Comments". These critical comments have been made from a rationalist-humanist point of view. Dr. Ramendra has tried to evolve a more refined rational humanist philosophy for twenty-first century India by making a philosophical criticism of his distinguished predecessors. In the first introductory chapter titled "Rationalism, Humanism and Atheism", the approach is totally conceptual. The author has discussed the concepts of “rationalism”, “humanism” and “atheism” in a general way.
Along with being a work of interest for academicians and scholars, particularly in the sphere of philosophy, this book will be of interest to any general reader interested in rationalism, humanism and atheism, particularly in the Indian context. This book will serve as an authentic source book on the life and ideas of the eight twentieth century Indian thinkers discussed.