Knowledge society

Abstract

Knowledge has always played an important role in society. The knowledge society implies a certain type of society reorganized on the knowledge axis. From this perspective, it is the new social actors that are essential, being promoters of this new type of human community existence and functioning mechanism, and thus, of the new change mechanisms. Knowledge is created, promoted and used by the new elite situated in the new strategic institutions of society (research, education, innovation, new enterprises etc).