Abstract
The purpose of this study was make an analysis about the concept of the Society of knowledge
from a humanist position and committed to quality of life. A documentary analysis based on
the conceptual cartography was performed. The main result of this study was that the
knowledge society is different from concepts such as "network society" and "Society of
information" because it focuses in collaborative work of citizens to manage, co-construct and
apply knowledge for solving local problems critically and with ethical commitment by relying
on the information technology and communication. Currently the knowledge society is not
reached, because there are many processes focused on industrial society and on the
information society. It’s necessary transform education in different contexts and for achieve
this the socioformation is the proposal.
Keywords: knowledge society, information society, socioformation, complex thinking.