Notes on Hannah Arendt as Cultural Historian

This article aims to open a line of research to explore in what sense the methodology and some of Hannah Arendt's works can be interpreted as original forms of cultural history which contribute to envisioning a political history of culture. This first incursion will be carried out, in particular, using examples of three writings that coincide at the time of their publication: Ra-hel Varnhagen. The Life of a Jewish Woman (1957), The Human Condition(1958) and << Culture and politics >> (1959). All three deal with the topic of the relationship between culture and politics from different angles: from the link between the socialization of culture and Jewish assimilation, from the position of art in the activities of the vita activa in the framework of her political theory, and from her reflections on the crisis in the culture.