Ideological And Political Education And Cultural Force

Currently ideological and political education encounters predicament andchallenge .Its effects require to be further improved to restore its former liveliness andprosperity out of discipline construction, or out of its nature, or even out of its culturaland social function .By tracing the orbit of cultural development, drawing lessonsfrom studies of cultural strength, and combing the features of ideological and politicaleducation, the proposal of cultural strength of ideological and political education is toevaluate its status and functions again, and to seek a new research direction whichwill strengthen its effect.On the basis of material production form and actual people's production practices,cultural strength is a power resulting from reviewing the significance of man'screative activity, and showing in cultural deposit and development. It functions in theform of "Field Strength". The cultural strength of ideological and political educationis the one factor among all the cultural strengths. As a core of cultural strengths, itplays a leading role in the performance of the whole cultural strengths. This strengthis the merger and development of both ideological and political education and culture.It serves as a guide to inspire people to question the meaning of life. It is also aspiritual form of a strength, which will play the role of cultural strength to itsmaximum extent. The cultural strength of ideological and political education isdisplayed in its source, in its transformation and release, and in the merger of strength.Since the area where the cultural strength of ideological and political educationfunctions is the whole social culture, the strength is realized in the uniqueness andrelative independence of culture. The cultural strength of ideological and politicaleducation leads people to fathom "the meaning"and to be man himself, which willform a unified and lofty social psychology and scientific values and faith. Hence, themould of man's active personality will finally be gained. The strength has beenexisting since human being entered hierarchical society. Though its function varies indifferent historical periods, this strength keeps working all the time. The foundation ofCPC, the spreading of Marxism in China, and the widely launched campaign ofideological and political education for the proletariat and the mass enable the culturalstrength of ideological and political education firstly glittered with brilliant rays.Because of the social turbulence caused by the Cultural Revolution, however, the...