The Need for the Existence of Ideology in the State and the Impossibility of the Right to Exist Without Ideology

Abstract

The article considers the problematic of the issue of the expediency of recognizing the ideological function in the general system of functions of the modern state, with the justification of its social and social necessity and legal role. The objectivity and importance of rethinking the state-centrist approach to understanding the ideological function and perception of the state-centric paradigm, based on the recognition of a person as the highest social value, was separately emphasized. The most complete, comprehensive knowledge of state and legal phenomena and processes at any historical stage of the existence of human society, of course, requires careful research and deep understanding of the main functions of the state. It is the functions of the state that make it possible to identify the essence of state influence on social relations, its qualitative characteristics, and also to determine the main directions and prospects for development. These processes are also facilitated by the transition from a state-centrist ideology to a person-centered one, according to which the state must “serve” the interests of citizens (that is, act for the “good of man”).