Abstract: The discipline of ideological and political education, with unique political and ideological attributes, is different from general disciplines in education and those in politics, because of its functions of ideal vision and system maintenance, life orientation and value evaluation, ideological criticism and moral education, and order stability and social harmony. Ideological and political education in modern times is a discipline that criticizes the past, reflects on the present, and looks forward to the future. It is a discipline that creatively recognizes and understands people, and organically integrates the special thinking logic and valueladen view.

Key words: ideological and political education in modern times, discipline, characteristics

摘要： 思想政治教育因拥有理想图景与制度维护、人生导向与价值评价、思想批判与道德教化、秩序稳定与社会和谐等功能而具有不同于一般教育类学科的政治特性，拥有不同于一般政治类学科的意识形态属性。现代思想政治教育是批判过往、反思时下、前瞻未来的学科，是创造性地认识人、理解人的学科，是将特殊的思维逻辑与价值负载有机融合的学科。

关键词: 现代思想政治教育, 学科, 特性