Il Patrimonio Umano prima ancora del Patrimonio dell’Umanità

What is the human heritage? What we mean with the concept of value? Beside the concepts

of heritage and of value is associated the cultural identity. The problem of identity is often associated

with the concept of belonging to a group or an urban context, and because this ghettoises people and

makes them unwilling to be compared to anyone else, it expresses the negativity of this concept. Moreover

the human science affirms that human beings cannot be analysed on the basis of the group or category

to which they belong, since to do so would make it impossible to assess and acquire knowledge of the

numerous correlations that exist between individuals who belong to different cultures. It would negate

part of a collective cultural heritage that has a fundamental role to play in the developmental process of

humanity. This paper analyzes these issues and intends to compare theories and interdisciplinary scientific

studies that examine the role of the human heritage for the cultural development of the civil sustainability.