Contrary to popular belief, Dadaism is one of the greatest things that have contributed to human’s development. Dadaism has also a beautiful history that is worth of knowing. I used to look at the work of Dadaists and wonder what the artists were thinking were creating their arts; thanks to my nihilism I now know the history of Dadaism and have started understanding the message behind Dadaism arts.
Although Dadaism originated from Switzerland shortly after the beginning of world war in 1914, the German Dadaism was more intriguing than any other Dadaism movement due to its political consciousness. It’s not easy to understand Dadaism movement without understanding the roots causes of this movement. According to what I have learned about the roots causes of Dadaism, the movement emerged as a results of different issues that were taking place even way back before the World War I. Apparently 20 years before the war, many observers of European society observed that the European Imperialists were getting to the verge of collapsing due to the inner conditions of European cultures and civilization. According to these observers:
· Socialist powers across Europe helped or encouraged the formational of nationalist movements with the aim of countering the liberal values
· Ordinary people in several imperialist systems across Europe started resisting the system thereby making it difficult and costly for the imperialists to maintain these territories.
· Competition for control of territories among imperialist systems became stronger
These issues and several others gave rise to the Dadaism movements across Europe. In Germany, however, Dadaism emerged mainly due to the influence of the socialist movement which was also the largest and most sophisticated and advanced socialist movement in Europe.
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