The article reveals the mechanisms of formation of the intellectual and spiritual civilization development priorities in the context of transformation of post-industrial society into the information and «knowledge society», in which increasing the dynamics of the development of science, education and culture. Revealed the essence of the new strategy of intellectual-spiritual priorities of civilization development, which aims to address cultural and intellectual tasks of education, developing policy positions for the development of education in the face of challenges of civilization. Is (...) the dynamic transformation of post-industrial civilization in information, which requires a dynamic development of science and education, which evolve as an immediate productive force and aimed at formation of a qualitatively new information economy. An analysis of practical issues related to conceptualizing intellectual-spiritual civilization development priorities in the context of transformation of post-industrial society into the information and knowledge society ". It is concluded that the development of new strategies of intellectual-spiritual education as a factor of sustainable development in the context of transformation of the information society, will contribute to the evolution of the "knowledge society", which is a factor in the development of innovative development. The article deals with the problem of forming a new strategy for education on the basis of the intellectual and spiritual civilization development priorities. The new strategy of education as intellectual and spiritual civilization development should contribute to sustainable development. The new strategy of the intellectual and spiritual civilization development priorities focused on the cultural and intellectual objectives of education. In the context of globalization, the concept of education must be based on knowledge, innovation, e-learning using distance and online learning technologies. Higher education should become a translator and cultural experience for the modern development of society. (shrink)