程国定同志的《论思想政治工作的二重属性》一文(见本刊1991年第5期,以下简称“程文”),是一篇颇有见地的文章,笔者读后深受启发,同时也觉得文中有些论述还值得商榷。正如程文所说的:“认识思想政治工作的二重性,对于新时期思想政治工作的加强和改进,对于实现它的科学化,具有重要的现 Comrade Cheng Guoting’s article ”On the Dual Attributes of Political and Ideological Work“ (see No. 5 of 1991, hereinafter referred to as ”Cheng Wen“) is a quite insightful essay, which is inspired by the author At the same time, I also think there are some arguments in the article that are also debatable. As Cheng Wen put it: ”Understanding the dual nature of ideological and political work and strengthening and improving the ideological and political work in the new period are of great importance to the realization of its scientific