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Raised in a secular Jewish home, Gould did not formally practice religion and preferred to be called an agnostic.

Though he " had been brought up by a Marxist father ", he stated that his father's politics were " very different " from his own.

In describing his own political views, he has said they " tend to the left of center ".

According to Gould the most influential political books he read were C. Wright Mills ' The Power Elite and the political writings of Noam Chomsky.