The book considers: theoretical analysis of the contemporary state of socio-humanitarian education in Russia; determinants of the development of socio-humanitarian education in the conditions of an information society formation; humanization and humanitarization of education as a condition of educational process efficiency; characteristics of the contemporary Russian socio-humanitarian education state; realization of normative legal basis of Russian education as a basis of social-humanitarian knowledge in the higher school; development of social-humanitarian knowledge in the higher school. The monograph is intended for teachers of secondary and higher schools, teachers of humanitarian disciplines, post-graduate students.