Question

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dadaists believed that the destruction created by world war i could mostly be attributed to:
a. societies focusing on abstract ideas with no application in the real world.
b. world leaders acting on irrational emotions rather than logic.
c. young people losing respect for established cultural traditions.
d. citizens becoming emotionally detached because of life in industrial societies.

Explanation:

Dadaists were a group of artists and intellectuals who emerged in the early 20th century, particularly in response to the horrors of World War I. They were highly critical of the rationality and logic that they believed had led to the war. Dadaists saw the war as a result of the failure of traditional values, institutions, and the over - emphasis on reason. They believed that world leaders and society, in general, had been guided by irrational emotions and a false sense of progress rather than true logic.

• Option A: Dadaists were more concerned with the failure of rationality (which can be seen as the opposite of focusing on abstract ideas with no real - world application in a sense, as they thought rationality had failed).
• Option C: Young people losing respect for cultural traditions was not the main cause they attributed to the war.
• Option D: Emotional detachment due to industrial society was not the key factor they identified.

Answer:

B. world leaders acting on irrational emotions rather than logic.