It is a movement that rejects the previous desire in art to recreate life exactly as it appears to the human senses. It instead attempts to recreate the product of a irrational or unconscious mind. Surrealism is one of the branches of Modernism, a cultural phenomenon influenced by changing class structure, the industrial revolution, the great war and others. Surrealist artists were among the first to deal with more controversial cultural issues such as racism or sexism. Surrealism was not only a style of art but also a way of thinking and a political position. Many Surrealists rejected religion and were instead influenced by Freud. Surrealism is closely related to Dadaism.