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“The First World War did not produce just political consequences, it also had a deep impact on the ways of thinking.”

  • UPSC 2025
  • World Wars

The First World War (1914-18) reshaped not only the map of Europe but the underlying assumptions through which Europeans understood the world.

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  • Modernism in Art and Literature
  • Transformed Gender Roles and Social Assumptions
  • Erosion of Religious, Monarchical, and Imperial Legitimacy
  • New Ideologies: Communism and Fascism
  • Psychological Impact and the Redefinition of Trauma
  • A Changed Conception of the State

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