In this ambitious book, Graham Jones argues for a secular socialist spiritual system for leftists. He sees this as partly a Machiavellian spirituality in that not only would becoming literate help people on the left engage in dialogue with those who hold opposing viewpoints, but also would help them understand certain problems better. Indeed, he points out that there are problems/issues that people without a grounding in spiritual thought cannot truly understand. In this book, he lays out what this system would look like, how it fits into existing leftist thought, and why it's important, drawing on the work of thinkers in philosophy, Marxism, science, and more. He goes into great detail and offers much supporting information while at the same time sharing examples from his own life. The book is clearly deeply thought out and extensively researched. It contains a great deal and for that reason, I think it's the kind of book that is best read a little bit at a time so that each chapter and its arguments can be thoroughly digested. For those readers that may be interested in exploring one or more topics in more detail or to learn more about thinkers quoted in the text, he provides a section of suggested works for further study with tips for non-academics and a bibliography. For people who are new to these ideas, there is also a glossary of terms.

It's quite a thought-provoking book.