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The First World War: Affective Turns and the Rearrangement of the Senses

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This article examines collective emotions and wartime body arrangements in soldiers, highlighting contradictions with peacetime attitudes.

Collective emotions shifted from exaltation to skepticism during the First World War, affecting societal moods.
Wartime bodies experienced a rearrangement of senses, with new roles for sight, sound, and touch in combat.
Correspondence between soldiers and families revealed a paradox of language that was both impoverished and enriched.
Cultural contexts in Germany, France, and Great Britain shaped specific emotional responses and attitudes during the war.

Lazar Koprinarov (2025) studied this question.

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This article examines collective emotions and wartime body arrangements in soldiers, highlighting contradictions with peacetime attitudes.