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

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Kulturkampf<br />

268<br />

Jewish populati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong> the southern states. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

authorities have taken repeated steps to suppress<br />

the or ga ni za ti<strong>on</strong> over the years and by the end <strong>of</strong><br />

the 20th century it had been greatly reduced. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

name <strong>of</strong> the or ga ni za ti<strong>on</strong> was derived from the<br />

Greek word kuklos (meaning “circle”). Being critical<br />

<strong>of</strong> government policy toward immigrati<strong>on</strong> does not automatically<br />

mean some<strong>on</strong>e is a fully paid- up member <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Ku Klux Klan, at least not yet.<br />

Kulturkampf (kuultuurkamf) <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> battle for c<strong>on</strong>trol<br />

<strong>of</strong> civilizati<strong>on</strong>, especially that waged between<br />

the state and the church. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> word was originally<br />

applied to the po liti cal c<strong>on</strong>fl ict in the 1870s<br />

between Chancellor Otto v<strong>on</strong> Bismarck and the<br />

Roman Catholic establishment. “Even the Jesuits,<br />

who were called up<strong>on</strong> in 1573 to lead the Kulturkampf<br />

against the Protestant heresy, were forced<br />

to provide devoti<strong>on</strong>al literature and hymns in Slovene”<br />

(F. Singlet<strong>on</strong>, A Short History <strong>of</strong> the Yugo slav<br />

Peoples, 1993).<br />

Kurtz, Mr. See heart <strong>of</strong> darkness; horror,<br />

the horror!, the.

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