Citizenship vs the Pursuit of Happiness, Bonum Commune vs Private Property
Howard Kaminsky
One of the two cultural principles our civilisation, public culture citizenship deriving from Antiquity, asks individuals to serve common good; other, pursuit happiness, ends in indi vidual's enjoyment ofh is private property. It derives security individual property right medieval Europe, where lordships are held as The forms include metaphysical philosophy, theology, and science; happiness evokes a individuality valorised chivalry, whose aristocratic values prowss, erotic enjoyment, adventure continue ani mate non-aristocratic world. nation-state history modern world belongs citizenship; post-modern generates varieties social may, its elitist dimension, revive humanistic literature.
Medieval History Journal