Research on National Ideological Security: Guiding Contemporary Chinese Social Thought with Marxism

Abstract

National ideological security is one of the important contents of the overall national security concept. As a tendency and development trend of thought, social ideological trends reflect people’s certain interests and demands in specific environments, and have a broad impact on people’s thoughts in social life. However, the current world is complex and ever-changing, and contemporary China is also in a "unprecedented great transformation", which determines the long-term coexistence of various ideological trends, especially the mixed social ideological trends of neoliberalism, historical nihilism, democratic socialism, and universal values, challenging the mainstream ideological status of Marxism. In this context, it is particularly important to play the guiding role of Marxism as the mainstream ideology. Adhering to the mainstream ideology of Marxism is conducive to strengthening the Party’s leadership in ideological work, resisting the negative effects of other social trends, and better maintaining national ideological security.