Neiman, one of the world's leading philosophical voices, passionately and powerfully calls on the Left to return to the ideals that built the best things in the modern world. Facing the impending threat of Trumpism, she considered it an absolute priority to confront the widespread woke ideology that undermined the essence of the Left.

The diagnosis of the Left's triple pathology and the triptych of therapeutic treatment go hand in hand: commitment to universality versus tribalism; insistence on the distinction between justice and power; and belief in the possibility of progress, in the hope that people can create a better world for all. Neiman passionately argues that ultimately belief in social progress, the belief that progress is possible but not inevitable, should permeate those who claim to be progressive and leftist.

Of course, the Left must not settle for copypaste: nostalgia is by definition suicide. Naturally, it must roll up its sleeves and wrestle with difficult questions in order to move from these necessary conditions to achievable contemporary goals. Of course, it must not abandon its critical spirit. But it must not lose the big picture. Doubt cannot poison the fundamental principles by undermining its unity. If leftist parties do not digest this primordial sin, they will make the greatest gift to the advancing reaction.

The result is a nervous, thrilling work even when it resorts to complex reasoning, opposing long-winded, austere discourse, uncompromising regarding clarity and sprinkled with humor and witty remarks. In short, a readable book that the reader will put down only when reaching the last page.