The public spirituality centered on morality in classical political philosophy and that based on contracts in modern political philosophy are the general background against which historical materialism looks into public spirituality. The public spirituality centered on morality is a spiritual form that corresponds to the form of existence and mode of activity in a traditional society of community, and it represents the spirit of recognition and belonging of individuals to the mandatory value norms pursued by the traditional community. The public spirituality based on contracts refers to the spirit of identification with and respect for contractual rules formed on the basis of universal consensus, which emphasizes that the purpose of individual particularity can only be realized through the support and guarantee of universal contractual rules. The practical viewpoint of historical materialism integrates all spiritual forms, including the public spirituality, into the practice of sensual production and the socialhistorical process for a dialectical understanding, which reveals the roots, qualities, forms of existence and transcendental paths of the public spirituality. The public spirituality from the perspective of historical materialism achieves dual transcendence of the public spirituality centered on morality, which is devoid of individual subjectivity, and that based on contracts, which is rooted in individual subjectivity. It implies a redefinition of the form of the public spirituality, which intrinsically calls for fundamental change in the basis of practice, in social relations and in the way of thinking.
