Question

Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition Society that places emphasis on the roles of science and education.
a- industrial society


b- pre industrial society


c- post industrial society


d- pastoral society


e- hunting and gathering society


f- horticultural society


g- agricultural society

Answer 1

The correct answer is C) post-industrial society.

The word from the list that best fits the definition of society that places emphasis on the roles of science and education is post-industrial society.

The post-industrial society transformed form an economy based on manufacture to an economy based on services.  It was Daniel Bell, an American sociologist, who used for the first time the term post-industrial when he wrote his book “The Coming of a Post Industrial Society”. In the book, Bell forecast the transition from Blue Collar workers to White Collar workers and the change from practical knowledge to theoretical knowledge. So it is correct to say that the word from the list that best fits the definition society that places emphasis on the roles of science and education is post-industrial society.  

Answer 2

I believe it is, B - Pre Industrial Society