The German Dadaism

Dadaism Movement in Germany

Dadaism movement in Germany emerged mainly due to the influence of the socialist movement in Germany, which was also the largest and most sophisticated and advanced socialist moment in Europe.  Although socialism originally started in France, Karl Max, who was a German evolved as the greatest socialist thinker.  Max and his partner, Friedrich Engels helped create the socialist movement in Germany.  It was through this socialist movement that Max and his colleague helped create that the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) was born.  The SPD enjoyed strong support from the members of the socialist movement until it gave a blessing to the war and the German cause of 1914.  Giving blessing to the war and the German cause was a direct violation of the international purpose and cause of socialism.  Out of this discontent rose the German Dadaism, an artistic movement that regards itself as anti-art.  In German Dadaists had different objectives and purposes than their counterparts in other parts of Europe, these included:

·         Dissociation to the German militarism and nationalism

·         Criticism of the middle that that failed to prevent the break out of world war I

·         The discontent of the German socialism which was thought as a betrayer of socialism values and principles.

NB: it is easy to see how out of discontent with the German society came the rise of Dadaism in that country.  People have the ability within them to create systems that can fight and defeat even the most powerful system.  Dadaism is one such system; through Dadaism, people were able to express their frustration, discontent, anger against a system that care less about the ordinary people.