思想政治工作的作用问题,在党的思想政治工作史上,反复出现过夸大和贬低的倾向,其极端形式是“万能论”和“无用论”。这使党和人民付出了沉重的代价。时至今日,这个问题还在困扰着我们许多同志。科学地实事求是地认识和把握思想政治工作的作用,对于正确地加强和改进思想政治工作,提高其科学性和有效性,无疑具有重要的意义。思想政治工作具有十分重要的作用,这不仅已经并将继续为实践所证实,而且能够也必须从理论、逻辑上予以阐明。李瑞环同志不久前在中国职工思想政治工作研究会第六次年会上的讲话中已从六个方面系统、深刻地论述了思想政治工作地位和作用,思想 The role of ideological and political work in the history of the ideological and political work of the Party has repeatedly shown the tendency of exaggeration and demeaning. Its extreme forms are “universal theory” and “useless theory.” This has cost the party and the people a heavy price. As of today, this issue still plagues many of our comrades. To scientifically seek truth from facts and grasp the role of ideological and political work undoubtedly is of great significance to correctly strengthening and improving ideological and political work and enhancing its scientificness and effectiveness. Ideological and political work has a very important role, which has not only been confirmed by practice, but also can and must be clarified theoretically and logically. Not long ago, Comrade Li Ruihuan systematically and profoundly expounded the status and role of ideological and political work in six aspects at the sixth annual meeting of the China Workers’ Ideological and Political Work Research Association