| During the period of a new century, the army's ideological and political education is now facing a series of new situations and problems. Facing the various challenges, the people produced a variety of views for the function of ideological and political education. Some people think our army values the ideological and political education in the war years, because of the material conditions of meager, and that In the development of the socialist market economy today, We have the ability to use economic leverage to mobilize the enthusiasm of officers and soldiers, as if ideological and political education is dispensable. Some people also suggested that the capitalist countries do not engage in ideological and political education (this is a misunderstanding-authors note), the military can still fight, why should we bother to engage in labor Heart education? Some also expressed that the emphasis on strengthening the ideological and political education is the impact of the "left", and to clear the "left" needs to cancel the ideological and political education. The knowledge above come down to one sentence:the ideological and political education is outdated and useless. So, in the new historical period, do we exactly need to function the ideological and political education? The answer is yes.The ideological and political education is the important part of our army's ideological and political work and one of the main content. It can strengthen the building of the armed forces, is the central link to complete the various tasks, enhance the force aggregation ability, and improve the combat effectiveness. It is the decisive factor to ensure that our armed forces "win" and "no deterioration" in the new situation and is also our army's traditional advantage. But under the new circumstances, the ideological and political education is facing a series of unprecedented challenges; the means and methods of the traditional ideological and political education are difficult to fully satisfy the requirements of the times, which require us to conduct a comprehensive and detailed study. To this end, this article focused on the following aspects to study the army's ideological and political education under the grass-roots in the new situation. First of all, review the ideological and political education of the ancient Chinese and Western; and then sum up the characteristics of the army's ideological and political education in Western capitalist countries, and, particularly discuss their methods and means; secondly, state the principle and function of our army's ideological and political education in the grass-roots units. Thirdly, clear the ideological and political education is facing new challenges under the new situation, focusing on analysis of the factors affecting the ideological and political education under the new situation; Finally particularly research the. military method of ideological and political education on grass-roots level, summarize the ways and means of ideological and political education that fit our grass-roots force. |