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Kulturkampf

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Kul·tur·kampf  (kl-trkämpf)
n.
1. The struggle (1871-1883) between the Roman Catholic Church and the German government under Bismarck for control over school and ecclesiastical appointments and civil marriage.
2. A conflict between secular and religious authorities: "The 1920s proved to be the focal decade in the Kulturkampf of American Protestantism" Richard Hofstadter.
[German : Kultur, Kultur; see Kultur + Kampf, struggle (from Middle High German, from Old High German kamph, probably ultimately from Latin campus, field).]


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The main topic is the evolution and character of liberalism in Germany from 1848 to the passage of Kulturkampf legislation in 1873.
The War against Catholicism: Liberalism and the Anti-Catholic ... by Misner, Paul / Journal of Social History
But shepherding France into the fold of enterprise culture, despite the proverbial avarice of the French, would be a formidable challenge, as France has turned retention of its stagnant socialism into a Kulturkampf against Anglo-Saxon free market economics.
Europe's dream disturbed by Black, Conrad / The National Interest
For better or worse, it seems that in the new Kulturkampf, contemporary art will remain at the rear of the campaign.
Venice Breach: Elizabeth Schambelan on the US pavilion at the Biennale by Schambelan, Elizabeth / Artforum International
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