Research On The Ideology Guiding In The Ideological And Political Education

“Ideological guiding” in ideological and political education refers to taking Marxist ideology as “guiding in front”.This practice has further expanded the practical orientation of ideological and political education from the original “safeguarding ideological security”to the height of “modernizing the state governance system and capacity”.The purpose of this practice is to cultivate the subject consciousness and initiative spirit of the social members,guide them to actively participate in the socialist construction on the basis of recognizing the social public interests and public values,and become a new people in the New Era to assume the great responsibility of national rejuvenation.As an important practice of ideological and political education,“ideology guiding”embodies Marx’s historical materialism principle of “initiative of consciousness”.Ideological and political education can not only passively “defend” the security of ideology,but should actively give play to the guiding function of ideology.In the guiding of ideology,Marx clearly put forward: “Theory can become a material force as soon as it has gripped the masses”,“It is not enough for thought to strive to become reality;reality itself should strive to trend towards thought.” Therefore,ideological and political education should be based on Marx’s principle of “initiative of consciousness” and stimulate the initiative spirit of the broad masses of the people to create history through the guidance of ideology.The issue of “ideology guiding” reflects the Marxist ideological requirement of the unity of private and public,individual and society.Under the background of social transformation,ideological and political education is faced with such problems as the debate between ideology and non-ideology in its theoretical orientation,the difficulty of connecting ideological and theoretical education with social practice in its functional orientation,and the contradiction between individual subjectivity and social publicity in its value bearing.To solve the inherent contradictions in ideological and political education,it is necessary to give play to the “ideological guiding” function of ideological and political education,stimulate the historical initiative of the people,shape their public subjectivity,guide the people to actively participate in national governance,and devote themselves to the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the practice of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.The issue of “ideological guiding” contains the following arguments.According to Marxist theory,ideology is a public conceptual system that expresses and defends the interests of the ruling class.Class interests are the core of ideology,and the public concept system is the manifestation of ideology.No matter how accurately the value based on class interests express the interests of a particular class,this value is striving for their public applicability or public status in the sense of the whole society.This also means that the ideology with class as the theoretical core and value purport is always presented as a public conceptual form and practical concern.The dialectical unity of class and publicity,as well as the tension between interest content and value form,constitute the basic contradictory relation of ideology,and become an important basis for the judgment of the true and false of ideology.When the class interests represented by an ideology are consistent with the interests of all members of society,the ideology to safeguard class interests is to safeguard the public interests.The public concept it expresses conforms to people’s public existence,so it is the real ideology.On the contrary,when the class interests represented by an ideology are inconsistent with the social public interests,the public ideas expressed by the ideology become false ideas.In view of this,Marxist ideology represents the interests of the proletariat in line with the public interests of all mankind,so it is a scientific ideological theory.The ideological guiding in ideological and political education is to guide the members of society to form the recognition of social public interest and public value with the real public concept expressed by Marxist ideology,and to participate in certain public affairs and national governance consciously,and promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.The theoretical basis of “ideology guiding” includes:(1)Marxist ideology is an effective way to guide the coordinated development of individuals and society.By cultivating the public consciousness of social members,Marxist ideology can promote the reconciliation of the contradictory relationship between “individual special” and “social public”,guide individuals to recognize the public interest and public value of the society,and establish the concept of public practice,so as to enhance people’s socialization level and better integrate into society.(2)Marxist ideology is the inevitable choice to shape human’s public subjectivity.This public subjectivity based on people’s common interests and value concerns is in line with the goal of human’s free and comprehensive development.It can promote the conscious participation of social members in the public practice of maintaining and promoting public interests,and realize the coordinated development of individuals and society.(3)Ideology guiding is the basic way to improve the effectiveness of national governance.The nation is the highest form of public existence in class society.It is necessary to deal with the relationship between individuals and society and promote the development of people’s public subjectivity in the practice of national governance.As the dominant ideology of our country,Marxist ideology guides the direction of socialist construction and development.To promote the leadership of Marxist ideology can give play to the ideology’s constructive,integrated and leading role in national governance and improve the effectiveness of national governanceIt is necessary to face up to some practical problems in ideological and political education to promote Marxism ideology.These problems are the development trend of individuation,differentiation and specialization in people’s thoughts and behaviors.This problem appears in three areas: the relationship of social interests,the concept of social values and the consciousness of subject participation.To some extent,the specialization of thought and behavior means that the heterogeneity of society is increased.And it is difficult for people to reach a consensus on common interests,values and norms of behavior,which not only poses a serious challenge to national governance,but also brings many difficulties for individuals to achieve free and comprehensive development.There are a series of theoretical issues that need to be clarified in order to advance Marxist ideology.The ideological leader must follow the main line of how to promote the reconciliation of “individual special” and “social public”,and strive to solve the theoretical problems of “where the guiding goes”,“what the guiding do” and “how to guiding”.First of all,in the “where the guiding goes”,ideological and political education needs to connect the relationship between individuals,society and the state,and realize the goal of cultivating socialist qualified citizens,promoting social harmony and consolidating the sense of national community.Secondly,in terms of “what the guiding do”,Ideological and political education needs to strengthen Marxist ideological education,in order to cultivate people’s public consciousness,guide people to recognize the public interest and public value of the society,and promote the active integration of social members into public life practice.Finally,in terms of “how to guiding”,ideological and political education needs to follow three laws: the law of the moderate tension between the guidance of value idea and interest appeal,the law of interaction between dominant ideology and diverse social trends of thought,and the law of transformation between ideological education and the consciousness of the educated.The following measures should be taken to enhance the leading function of Marxist ideology.First of all,ideology should be guided by the principles of the unity of primacy and subjectivity,the unity of criticality and constructivism,the unity of reality and transcendence,and the unity of class and public.Secondly,the leading of Marxist ideology is a continuous process,which is mainly divided into three links: the integration of ideological resources and discourse construction,the propaganda and guidance of educational subjects,the ideological identification and practice of the educated.Finally,to enhance the leading function of ideology,it is also necessary to enrich the ideological resources by deepening the innovation of Marxist ideology theory,to strengthen the internal motivation of ideology guiding by strengthening the interest incentive of ideological and political education,to optimize the public opinion environment,and to shape people’s public subjectivity by constructing the ideological and political education model of subjectivity.