Abstract
This article looks at the Dadaists' disinterest in the cultural and political particularity of Zurich as the place in and from which they operated. Turning a blind eye to the specificity of their geopolitical situation suggests a performative disconnect that raises questions about the Dadaists' social and political commitments.
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1 Hugo Ball, Flight Out of Time: A Dada Diary, ed. John Elderfield, trans. Ann Raimes (New York: Viking, 1974), 117.
2 For a discussion, see Willi Goetschel, German Studies in a Post-National Age, The 2009 Craig Lecture, Rutgers German Studies Occasional Papers, no. 9 (2009), 8–12.