The Facts on File Dictionary of Allusions - Green Valley High School

Kulturkampf
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Jewish populations of the southern states. <strong>The</strong>
authorities have taken repeated steps to suppress
the or ga ni za tion over the years and by the end of
the 20th century it had been greatly reduced. <strong>The</strong>
name of the or ga ni za tion was derived from the
Greek word kuklos (meaning “circle”). Being critical
of government policy toward immigration does not automatically
mean someone is a fully paid- up member of the
Ku Klux Klan, at least not yet.
Kulturkampf (kuultuurkamf) <strong>The</strong> battle for control
of civilization, especially that waged between
the state and the church. <strong>The</strong> word was originally
applied to the po liti cal confl ict in the 1870s
between Chancellor Otto von Bismarck and the
Roman Catholic establishment. “Even the Jesuits,
who were called upon in 1573 to lead the Kulturkampf
against the Protestant heresy, were forced
to provide devotional literature and hymns in Slovene”
(F. Singleton, A Short History of the Yugo slav
Peoples, 1993).
Kurtz, Mr. See heart of darkness; horror,
the horror!, the.