Abstract: The concept of “spirit” is concerned with the mental state of human beings, forging their spiritual character, and stimulating their spiritual motivation, which is not only the basic category of ideological and political education, but also an important dimension of the theoretical history of the discipline of ideological and political education. Systematically sorting out and clarifying the concept of “spirit” from the perspective of ideological and political education will help promote the basic theoretical research of ideological and political education in the new era. The concept of “spirit” in the discipline of ideological and political education refers to a state of consciousness with valuable implications, the core of which is a conceptual system with social stipulations and political orientation that helps the subject to change with a certain practical character. “Spirit” is able to identify the scope of ideological and political education, characterize the humanistic premise of ideological and political education activities, show the mental state of human beings from the perspective of ideological and political education, refine the value goal of ideological and political education, and exert its explanatory power when running through multiple fields such as ontology, humanism, morphology, and practice, thus becoming a symbolic concept of the discipline of ideological and political education. 

Key words: “spirit”, the discipline of ideological and political education, basic concepts, concept system, category

摘要： “精神”关切人的精神状态、锻造人的精神品格，激发人的精神动力，既是思想政治教育学的基础性范畴，也构成思想政治教育学科理论史的重要维度。从思想政治教育学系统梳理并廓清“精神”概念，有助于推进新时代思想政治教育基础理论研究。思想政治教育学中的“精神”指向富有价值意蕴的意识状态，内核是具有社会规定性与政治方向性的观念系统，具有助力主体变革的实践性品格。“精神”能够揭示思想政治教育的作用域，表征思想政治教育活动的人性论前提，展现思想政治教育学科视域下人的精神状态，提炼思想政治教育的价值目标，贯穿本体论、人性论、形态论、实践论等多重领域并发挥解释力，从而成为思想政治教育学科的标识性概念。

关键词: “精神”, 思想政治教育学, 基础概念, 观念系统, 范畴