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In modern society, human and societal activity depends largely not on economic but on sociocultural
factors. Among them are social culture, social security, education, and intellectual capital. Education,
becoming a driving force of social development, influences the social structure, formation of postmaterialistic
values, cultural norms and man’s inner world. Changes in the social structure take place
under the influence of education. One of the changes in the social structure is the emergence of a new
type of worker, called “knowledge worker”, “intellectual class” or “meritocracy class” by F. Machlup.
This social class has such characteristics as high educational level, creative abilities, high material
level, ability to realize creative plans and ideas, desire for self-improvement and self-fulfillment, ability
to reproduce, independence in taking social decisions. Man’s inner world is changing, new cultural
norms and values are formed.
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