# Why Socialism Needs Spirituality (Red Enlightenment)

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## Summary

Graham Jones argues that the secular left should develop its own spiritual perspectives rather than dismissing religion, as set out in his book Red Enlightenment, published through Repeater Books. The book proposes a materialist spirituality built from socialist and scientific sources, finding points of contact with the global history of philosophy and religion. In this podcast interview, the two discuss the common view that socialists are anti-religion, how the tech world often overlaps with spiritual communities, and the need to answer people's spiritual needs.

## Article

For this episode I spoke to Graham Jones, the author of Red Enlightenment, published through Repeater Books like Blockchain Radicals. Red Enlightenment argues not only for a deepened understanding of religious matters, but calls for the secular left to develop its own spiritual perspectives. It proposes a materialist spirituality built from socialist and scientific sources, finding points of contact with the global history of philosophy and religion.

In the interview we recontextualize the common trope of socialists being anti-religion, how the tech world often overlaps with spiritual communities, and the need for an answer to people’s spiritual needs.

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